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Student Responses to Active Learning Activities with Live and Virtual Rats in Psychology Teaching Laboratories
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Hunt, Maree J.; Macaskill, Anne C. – Teaching of Psychology, 2017
Taking an ethical approach to using nonhuman animals in teaching requires assessment of the learning benefits of using animals and how these compare to the benefits of alternative teaching practices. It is also important to consider whether students have ethical reservations about completing exercises with animals. We compared upper level…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Active Learning, Animals, Psychology
Using Virtual Worlds in Education: Second Life[R] as an Educational Tool
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Baker, Suzanne C.; Wentz, Ryan K.; Woods, Madison M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
The online virtual world Second Life (www.secondlife.com) has multiple potential uses in teaching. In Second Life (SL), users create avatars that represent them in the virtual world. Within SL, avatars can interact with each other and with objects and environments. SL offers tremendous creative potential in that users can create content within the…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Use of Virtual Reality Technology to Enhance Undergraduate Learning in Abnormal Psychology
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Stark-Wroblewski, Kim; Kreiner, David S.; Boeding, Christopher M.; Lopata, Ashley N.; Ryan, Joseph J.; Church, Tina M. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We examined whether using virtual reality (VR) technology to provide students with direct exposure to evidence-based psychological treatment approaches would enhance their understanding of and appreciation for such treatments. Students enrolled in an abnormal psychology course participated in a VR session designed to help clients overcome the fear…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Psychopathology, Therapy, Fear
Sniffing Out Efficacy: Sniffy Lite, a Virtual Animal Lab
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Venneman, Sandy S.; Knowles, Laura, Ruth – Teaching of Psychology, 2005
We investigated the benefits of using a virtual laboratory, Sniffy Lite CD-ROM (Alloway, Wilson, Graham, & Krames, 2000), as a supplemental teaching tool to present schedules of reinforcement in operant conditioning. Our results suggest that using the virtual laboratory significantly enhanced understanding. Students who used the virtual laboratory…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Operant Conditioning
Sidney Slug: A Computer Simulation for Teaching Shaping without an Animal Laboratory.
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Acker, Loren E.; And Others – Teaching of Psychology, 1990
Discusses a microcomputer program that was created to simulate the behavior of a computerized "animal" so that students could practice the shaping of behavior. Describes mathematical algorithms that allowed the "animal" to show gradual improvements in directional movements after appropriate shaping. Reports that students were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education
An Interactive Classroom Demonstration of Propositional and Analogical Representation.
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Kruschke, John K. – Teaching of Psychology, 1996
Describes a classroom exercise that uses a computer simulation to give students a rat's-eye view of a maze. The students call out instructions for navigating the maze. A follow-up presentation examines two theories of learning that explain why the students' are successful in their second navigating attempt. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Comprehension