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A COMPARISON OF LEARNING IN RATS AND MICE IN A HEBB‐WILLIAMS PROBLEM BOX
Author(s) -
Goude Gunnar
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1964.tb01413.x
Subject(s) - psychology , measure (data warehouse) , rote learning , function (biology) , associative property , associative learning , statistics , cognitive psychology , mathematics , pure mathematics , mathematics education , computer science , cooperative learning , evolutionary biology , teaching method , biology , database
A learning experiment was performed with rats and mice in a Hebb‐Williams problem box, using Problem No. 12. A measure of the habit strength (R̄ n ) was calculated, using the same criterion for both groups. In addition, the habit strength was calculated for another criterion for the rats. With the common criterion the function of learning was R̄ n = 2.49 (1–0.88 n ) and R̄ n = 1.71 (1–0.94 n ) for rats and mice respectively. According to the other criterion for the rat experiments, the function of learning was R̄ n = 2.35 (1–0.84 n ). The measure and learning function is chosen and discussed with reference to Björkman's model for the measurement of associative strength and theory of verbal rote learning.