Skinner's early work used rats as subjects. He switched to pigeons during WWII when he found he could grab them off the window sill in the General Mills grain elevator in Minneapolis where his lab was located.
The Hull-Spence classical behaviorists/learning theorists used rats in alley and T mazes, as did physiological psychologists. On Jul 1, 2012, at 9:46 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > Most people associate rats running in mazes with psychology, but aside from > Tolman I don't know any other psychologists who used rats in their work. > Skinner is mostly known or using pigeons (though I heard he might have used > rats at one point). Any others? > > Michael Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18733 or send a blank email to leave-18733-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
