Stimulus Control in the King Snake (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>)

<p>Four Southeastern king snakes (<em>Lampropeltis getulus getulus</em>) were conditioned to discriminate between two pigeon keys when one was associated with water reinforcement and the other with extinction. There was also some evidence that a partial discrimination reversal could be obtained.</p> <p>Moulting was found to decrease body weight and responding. Also, discrimination was less effective during moulting for three of the four subjects. There was evidence to indicate that the opaque covering interferes with responding. Once the covering was shed, responding usually occurred.</p> <p>On an ad lib water schedule subjects usually drank every day. The different subjects mean daily consumption ranged from 1.71% to 3.45% of body weight.</p> <p>Latencies were usually longer than is typical for mammals and birds. Latencies between 500-2000 seconds were typical.</p> <p>The distribution of IRT's was bimodal. The IRT's were usually either short or long. The most frequent IRT was between 1-2 seconds.</p> <p>Small response clusters were more numerous than large clusters. The most common size cluster of responses was 2.</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

• Fannin, Hugh Robert

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard L. Rogers
• J. Peter Kincaid

• ETD
• Southeastern king snakes
• Lampropeltis getulus getulus
• Water reinforcement
• Extinction
• Partial discrimination reversal
• Moulting
• Psychiatry and Psychology
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/905

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd_legacy-1912