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Winters, Charlotte M.; Gennaro, Eugene D. – Science Activities, 1975
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Biology, Conditioning, Elementary Secondary Education

Abramson, Charles I.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes two new exercises in classical conditioning that use earthworms and houseflies. The animals are available year-round and pose no risk to the students or instructor. The conditioned stimuli are odorants. These elicit a conditioned response of contraction in worms or proboscis extension in flies. (MJP)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Biology, Classical Conditioning, Demonstrations (Science)

Byrne, John H. – News in Physiological Sciences, 1986
Projects that soon a complete mechanistic understanding of simple forms of learning will be available. Describes some of the recent advances in neuroscience and psychology in understanding the changes in neural circuits that occur during certain behavioral situations. Suggests that learning involves the activation of second messenger systems. (TW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conditioning, Encoding (Psychology), Learning Theories