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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Animal Motivation Experimental Studies on the Albino Rat
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Table of contents
- 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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