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Peer reviewedKling, J. W. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
This report describes the introductory psychology demonstration showing conditioned taste aversion in rats based on those animals' inability to distinguish between safe NaCl and toxic LiCl solutions. Test results showed the established phenomena of classical conditioning. Included is a discussion of the experiments relevance to behaviorist…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Classical Conditioning, Demonstrations (Educational), Experimental Psychology
Peer reviewedLukas, Kristen E.; Marr, M. Jackson; Maple, Terry L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes a partnership between Zoo Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology in teaching the principles of operant conditioning to students in an experimental psychology class. Maintains that the positive training techniques used in zoos are models of applied operant conditioning. Includes a discussion of zoo training goals. (MJP)
Descriptors: Animal Caretakers, Behavior Modification, Classical Conditioning, Cognitive Psychology
