Preface: Installing and Running Sniffy Lite |
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Acknowledgments |
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How We Created Sniffy, the Animated Creature |
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Sniffy Is a Learning Tool, Not a Research Tool |
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Applying What You Learn from Sniffy |
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Introduction to Operant Conditioning |
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Reinforcement and Punishment |
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Basic Operant Phenomena: Magazine Training, Shaping, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, and Secondary Reinforcement |
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Important Technical Notice |
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A First Look at Sniffy Lite |
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Operant Conditioning: Technique |
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Shaping: Teaching Sniffy to Press the Bar |
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Cumulative Records: Visualizing Sniffy's Bar-Press Performance |
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(Optional). Training Real Animals |
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34 | (4) |
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38 | (2) |
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Copying and Pasting the Contents of a Sniffy Lite Window |
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Schedules of Reinforcement and the Partial-Reinforcement Effect |
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Variable-Ratio (VR) and Variable-Interval (VI) Schedules |
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Fixed-Ratio (FR) Schedules |
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Fixed-Interval (FI) Schedules |
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Setting Up a Schedule in the Design Operant Experiment Dialogue Box |
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Placing Sniffy on a Small VR Schedule |
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Increasing the Value of Sniffy's VR Schedule |
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Variable-Interval Schedules |
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How Realistic Are Sniffy's Schedule Performances? |
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The Effect of Partial Reinforcement on Extinction |
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Introduction to Classical Conditioning |
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The Conditioned Emotional Response (CER) |
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The Design Classical Conditioning Experiment Dialogue Box |
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The Sensitivity & Fear Mind Window |
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The CS Response Strength Mind Window |
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The Suppression-Ratio Window |
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The Cumulative Record During Classical Conditioning |
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How to Get Reliable, Comparable Results |
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Putting Everything Together to Understand Classical Conditioning |
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Exporting Your Results to Other Programs |
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APPENDIX 1 User's Guide to Commands and Dialogue Boxes |
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Design Operant Experiment |
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Remove Sniffy for Time-Out |
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Design Classical Conditioning Experiment |
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Run Classical Conditioning Experiment |
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Isolate Sniffy (Accelerate Time) |
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APPENDIX 2 How to Manage Your Sniffy Lite Files |
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Floppy Disks and Hard Disks |
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Deciding Where to Save Your Files |
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Getting Easy Access to the Sniffy Lite Program and Your Sniffy Lite Files from Your Computer Desktop |
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Creating a Windows Shortcut |
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Creating a Macintosh Alias |
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Saving Files on a Macintosh |
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Opening Files on a Macintosh |
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Copying Files from a Hard Disk to a Floppy Disk |
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Instructions for Windows Users |
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Instructions for Macintosh Users |
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Copying Files from a Floppy Disk to a Hard Disk |
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Instructions for Windows Users |
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Instructions for Macintosh Users |
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Using Sniffy Lite for Macintosh Files on a Windows PC and Vice Versa |
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References |
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Index |
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