In One Lab Section of the Psychology of Learning Course

Essay

In one lab section of the Psychology of Learning course, students learned about operant conditioning by using a live rat. In a second section, students used a computer simulation. Afterward, both groups took the same 15-point quiz. Analyze the data using the appropriate techniques from Chapter 10 and write a conclusion about the two methods. $$\begin{array} { c c } \text { Live Rat } & \text { Computer Simulation } \\\hline 12 & 14 \\10 & 12 \\9 & 10 \\9 & 9 \\7 & 7 \\6 & 6 \\& 5\end{array}$$