Animal Motivation Experimental Studies on the Albino Rat /

Animal Motivation Experimental Studies on the Albino Rat / / C. J. Warden.

An analysis of the motivation factors to animal behavior through the study of albino rats. Examines the behavioral drive around hunger, thirst, sex, and exploration using the obstruction method.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
VerfasserIn:
Warden, C. J.,
MitwirkendeR:
Aylesworth, Mercy,
Hamilton, E. L.,
Holden, Frances,
Jenkins, Marion,
Jenkins, T. N.,
Nissen, H. W.,
Warden, C. J.,
Warner, L. H.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1931]
©1931
Year of Publication:1931
Language:English
Series:Columbia University Council for Research in the Social Sciences
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Physical Description:1 online resource (504 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Part I. The Columbia Obstruction Method
  • 1. Standard Apparatus for the Study of Animal Motivation
  • 2. An Experimental Analysis of the Obstruction Method of Measuring Animal Drives
  • Part II. The Hunger Drive
  • 1. A Study of Hunger Behavior in the White Rat by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • 2. The Effect of Delayed Incentive on the Hunger Drive in the White Rat (Experiment 1: The Obstruction Method)
  • Part III. The Thirst Drive
  • 1. A Study of Thirst Behavior in the White Rat by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • Part IV. The Sex Drive
  • 1. A Study of Sex Behavior in the White Rat by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • 2. The Effect of Segregation on the Sex Behavior of the White Rat as Measured by the Obstruction Method
  • 3. The Effects of Gonadectomy, Vasotomy, and Injections of Placental and Orchic Extracts on the Sex Behavior of the White Rat
  • Part V. The Maternal Drive
  • 1. A Study of Maternal Behavior in the White Rat by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • Part VI. The Exploratory Drive
  • 1. A Study of Exploratory Behavior in the White Rat by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • Part VII. A Comparison of Normal Drives
  • 1. The Relative Strength and Persistence of the Normal Drives in the White Rat
  • Appendices
  • 1. A Study of the Effect of Starvation upon Behavior by Means of the Obstruction Method
  • 2. The Effect of Short Intervals of Delay in Feeding upon Speed of Maze Learning
  • 3. The Effect of Delayed Incentive on the Hunger Drive in the White Rat (Experiment 2: The Learning Method)
  • 4. The Relative Value of Reward and Punishment in the Formation of a Visual Discrimination Habit in the White Rat
  • Index

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