9. Look around, contingencies
are all around you.
They’re everywhere that you
go.
You try everything you can to
escape the pain of shock,
Rudolf knows.
10. If all else fails and you can’t
avoid aversive shock and
being really annoyed.
I know a way you can stop this
mess.
Its called a lever press, and
that’s what it’s for.
11. So come on respond.
Press your paw right down on it.
Come on respond.
Press the lever down now.
I know you can do it.
12. All you need is some water
reinforcement.
It’s right there under your nose.
Move aside, just a bit, you
almost touched it.
Please just stand on your toes.
13. I will shape your successive
approximations to pressing the
lever down.
If you do it, you will get water
now.
That’s the situation.
That’s how it’s done.
14. So come on respond.
Press your paw right down on it.
Come on respond.
Press the lever down now.
I know you can do it.
15. Water’s given for pressing, not
just for your cleaning and
scratching.
After you have learned that, you
will learn how to pull the chain,
touch the sticker.
Then you’ll be a well-trained rat
now.
16. Respond.
Press your paw right down on it.
Come on respond.
Press the lever down now.
I know you can do it.
20. Force, duration, frequency
describe responses, not stimuli.
Response, behavior, stimulus
all of these apply to us.
Thinking, rules, such as that
apply to humans, but not rats.
22. That’s the way it always goes,
when you learn to use your toes.
Now you know how to pull the
chain.
I can’t believe how quick you
learned this game.
23. Don’t just stand there,
let’s get to it.
Press the lever,
there’s nothing to it.
Respond…..
24. Before Behavior After
Rudolf has Rudolf Rudolf has
shock presses lever no shock