Term of Award
Spring 1974
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Psychology
Committee Chair
Paul R. Kleinginna, Jr.
Committee Member 1
J. Peter Kincaid
Committee Member 2
Richard L. Rogers
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to condition king snakes to manipulate a pigeon key for water reinforcement. Two king snakes were used as control subjects receiving no reinforcement and two were used as experimental subjects to receive water reinforcement.
This study demonstrated that king snakes could be conditioned to press a pigeon key for water reinforcement on a continuous reinforcement schedule. There was evidence of conditioning, extinction, and re-conditioning.
Results of this study support the Kleinginna's results (1970)p that moulting decreased the conditioned response rate, but does not completely disrupt conditioning.
OCLC Number
1035213646
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Recommended Citation
Lindsey, Grover Dwight, "Operant Conditioning in the King Snake (Lampropeltis getulus getulus)" (1974). Legacy ETDs. 998.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/998
