Operant Conditioning in the King Snake (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>)

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Results of this study support the Kleinginna's results (1970)p that moulting decreased the conditioned response rate, but does not completely disrupt conditioning.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year dc:date.available

1974

Author dc:creator

• Lindsey, Grover Dwight

Contributors dc:contributor

• J. Peter Kincaid
• Richard L. Rogers

• ETD
• Operant conditioning
• King snakes
• Water reinforcement
• Continuous reinforcement
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/998

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd_legacy-1819