Sniffy is an affordable and humane way to give students hands-on access to the main phenomena of classical and operant conditioning that courses on the psychology of learning typically discuss. Although psychologists believe that the phenomena that the Sniffy program simulates play a prominent role ...
We report on the use of our Sniffy program to teach operant conditioning to 900 introductory psychology students. The simulation is designed primarily to teach the principles of shaping and partial reinforcement in an operant chamber. Advanced features are provided for exploring modeling issues and ...
An integrated manual with step-by-step instructions make the program accessible even to unsophisticated computer users. Some classical conditioning phenomena simulated include: acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, the effects of manipulating the intensity of the CS and US, compound conditioning, ...
discussed in standard textbooks on the psychology of learning. Using SniffyPro, students can perform exercises that demonstrate most of the major phenomena of operant and classical conditioning. An integrated manual with step-by-step instructions make the program accessible even to unsophisticated ...
"Sniffy the Rat" is a Macintosh program that allows students to explore the principles of shaping and partial reinforcement in operant conditioning using a virtual orato named Sniffy. Each student learns by doing - conditioning his or her own orato - and they receive many of the benefits of ...