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Sniffy the Virtual Rat Pro, Version 3. 0 (with CD-ROM)

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ISBN-10: 1111726256

ISBN-13: 9781111726256

Edition: 3rd 2012 (Revised)

Authors: Tom Alloway, Greg Wilson, Jeff Graham

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List price: $149.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 3/3/2011
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 288
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Tom Alloway was trained by Winifred Hill at Northwestern University and is an expert in animal behavior, specifically ants, as well as operant and classical conditioning. He's the former chair at UT-Mississauga.

Greg Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked on high-performance scientific computing, data visualization, and computer security. He is the author of Data Crunching and Practical Parallel Programming (MIT Press, 1995), and is a contributing editor at Doctor Dobb's Journal, and an adjunct professor in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

Preface: Installing Sniffy Pro
Introduction to Sniffy
Introduction to Classical Conditioning
Basic Phenomena of Classical Conditioning: Acquisition, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, and Stimulus Intensity Effects
Compound Conditioning, Blocking, Overshadowing, and Overexpectation
Inhibitory Conditioning
Associative Structures in Classical Conditioning: Sensory Preconditioning and Higher-Order Conditioning
The Nature of the Association in Classical Conditioning
Habituation, Sensitization, Background Conditioning, and the CS and US Pre-Exposure Effects
Introduction to Operant Conditioning
Basic Operant Phenomena: Magazine Training, Shaping, Extinction, Spontaneous Recovery, and Secondary Reinforcement
The Effects of Punishment on Response Elimination
Schedules of Reinforcement
Stimulus Discrimination and Stimulus Generalization
Shaping Behaviors Other Than Bar Pressing
Appendix: How to Manage Your Sniffy Files