SniffyPro

SniffyPro is an interactive simulation of a rat in an Operant Conditioning Chamber (Skinner Box). Sniffy Pro is best suited for upper year or advanced College Level courses in Psychology or Learning.

Students can perform "classic" experiments that closely resemble those discussed in standard textbooks on the psychology of learning. Using SniffyPro, students can perform exercises that demonstrate most of the major phenomena of operant and classical conditioning. An integrated manual with step-by-step instructions make the program accessible even to unsophisticated computer users.

Some classical conditioning phenomena simulated include: acquisition, extinction, spontaneous recovery, the effects of manipulating the intensity of the CS and US, compound conditioning, blocking, overshadowing, over-expectation, inhibitory conditioning, sensory preconditioning, higher-order/background conditioning, the nature of the classical-conditioning association (S-S or S-R), and CS and US pre-exposure effects.

Some operant conditioning phenomena simulated include: magazine training; shaping; extinction; spontaneous recovery; primary and secondary reinforcement; variable-interval, variable-ratio, fixed-interval, and fixed-ratio schedule effects; the partial-reinforcement effect; simple and complex stimulus-discrimination learning; stimulus generalization; and the effects of punishment on extinction.