Sniffy (a digital rodent that mimics a caged rat) helps students learn the principles of operant conditioning with all the benefits of using a live rat and none of the drawbacks. Starting with Sniffy pacing around its barren box, the student gradually trains the rat to press a bar above a food dispenser. An average student will take about 40 minutes to train Sniffy and will get the same sort of insights out of the screen version as they do out of the live one.

Sniffy: The Virtual Rat : Version 4.5

Computers & Technology

Alloway, Tom

Graham, Jeff

Krames, Lester

Operating Systems

Wadsworth Pub. Co.

Sniffy (a digital rodent that mimics a caged rat) helps students learn the principles of operant conditioning with all the benefits of using a live rat and none of the drawbacks.  Starting with Sniffy pacing around its barren box, the student gradually trains the rat to press a bar above a food dispenser.  An average student will take about 40 minutes to train Sniffy and will get the same sort of insights out of the screen version as they do out of the live one.

Sniffy, The Virtual Rat, Version 4.5, Macintosh

Self-Help

Wadsworth Publishing

The new Pro Version of the famous Sniffy software simulates a wide range of learning phenomena that are typically discussed in courses on the Psychology of Learning. Sniffy, a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box), gives students hands-on experience setting up and conducting experiments that demonstrate most of the major phenomena of operant and classical conditioning. Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food and progress to studies of complex learning phenomena. In addition, a series of "Mind Windows" enable students to visualize how Sniffy's experiences in the Skinner Box produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with the phenomena simulated. The Sniffy, Pro Version CD-ROM comes packaged in the front of a brief Lab Manual that walk users through the steps that they need to follow to set up a wide variety of operant and classical conditioning experiments that closely resemble experiments discussed in learning texts.

Sniffy, the Virtual Rat, Pro Version

Wilson, Greg

Cengage Learning'

The new Lite Version of the famous Sniffy software simulates the elementary phenomena of operant and classical conditioning that are discussed in courses on the Psychology of Learning and in Introductory Psychology courses. Sniffy, a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box), gives students hands-on experience setting up and conducting experiments. Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food and progress to studying reinforcement schedules and simple classical conditioning. Sniffy Lite provides a simple user interface that enables students to program events in Sniffy's operant chamber in much the same way that research psychologists program events for real animals. So that students can visualize the results of their experiments, the program produces realistic cumulative records, suppression-ratio graphs, and other appropriate behavioral measures of Sniffy's performance. In addition, a series of "Mind Windows" shows students how Sniffy's experiences in the operant chamber produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with the phenomena being simulated. When students can observe how events in the operant chamber produce changes in Sniffy's psychological processes, how changes in the psychological processes cause changes in Sniffy's overt behavior, and how changes in overt behavior are reflected in the behavioral measurements that psychologists employ in their laboratories, they gain a much more thorough understanding of the learning process. Sniffy Lite is presented on a cross-platform CD-ROM the front of a Lab Manual that explains each learning phenomenon from the perspective of a "researcher" interested in producing and measuring the phenomenon. The manual also contains detailed step-by-step instructions that show both Windows and Macintosh users how to operate the program, how to set up each exercise, and how to manage computer files efficiently.

Sniffy the Virtual Rat, Lite Version

Bring the theories of learning to life using SNIFFY, THE VIRTUAL RAT! Instructors praise Sniffy, a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box), for his ability to give students hands-on experience in setting up and conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical and operant conditioning. Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food. Then, they progress to studies of more complex learning phenomena. Throughout each, a series of "Mind Windows" enables students to visualize how Sniffy's experiences in the chamber produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with learning. Available on a cross-platform CD-ROM, the Lite version of Sniffy includes 16 exercises that cover the essential phenomena of learning psychology- making it equally appropriate for psychology of learning and introductory psychology courses. The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks users through the steps necessary to set up classical and operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts. (Screen shots are included for both Macintosh and Windows users.) The manual also includes instructions on how to print or e-mail results, so that Sniffy can become part of students' homework assignments and term papers.

Sniffy the Virtual Rat Lite, Version 2.0 (with CD-ROM)

AUTOMATICALLY PACKAGED WITH EVERY NEW COPY OF THE BOOK AND NOT AVAILABLE SEPARATELY.

CD-ROM for Alloway/Wilson/Graham's Sniffy the Virtual Rat Pro, Version 2.0

Science & Math

Behavioral Sciences

Bring the theories of learning to life using SNIFFY, THE VIRTUAL RAT! Instructors praise Sniffy, a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box), for his ability to give students hands-on experience in setting up and conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical and operant conditioning. Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food. Then they progress to studies of more complex learning phenomena. Throughout each, a series of "Mind Windows" enables students to visualize how Sniffy's experiences in the chamber produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with learning. Available on a cross-platform CD-ROM, the Lite version of Sniffy includes twenty-three exercises that cover the essential phenomena of learning psychology, making it equally appropriate for psychology of learning and introductory psychology courses. The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks users through the steps necessary to set up classical and operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts. (Screen shots are included for both Macintosh and Windows users.) The manual also includes instructions on how to print or e-mail results so that Sniffy can become part of students' homework assignments and term papers.

Sniffy the Virtual Rat Lite, Version 3.0 (with CD-ROM)

Meet SNIFFY, THE VIRTUAL RAT! Using this CD-ROM and lab manual, you will get a hands-on experience in setting up and conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical and operant conditioning using Sniffy the digital rat. Sniffy includes fifty exercises that cover every major phenomena typically covered in a Psychology of Learning course. The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks you through the steps necessary to set up classical and operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts. Throughout each, a series of "Mind Windows" allows you to visualize how Sniffy's experiences in the chamber produce psychological changes.

Sniffy the Virtual Rat Pro, Version 3.0 (with CD-ROM) (PSY 361 Learning)

Sniffy the Virtual Rat Pro, Version 3.0 (StandAlone)

CD-ROM for Alloway/Wilson/Graham's Sniffy the Virtual Rat Pro, Version 3.0, 3rd

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