The Effects of a Social Stimulus on the Protestant Ethic Effect in Rats

The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether rats’ preference to freeload (eat food pellets from a food cup) or to work for food (obtain food pellets by bar pressing) could be influenced by observing either a working or freeloading model in an adjacent operant chamber. Following equal amo...

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Main Author: Cotton, Gary L.
Format: Others
Published: TopSCHOLAR® 1975
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Online Access:http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1655
http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2657&context=theses