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    Extinction In Animal Study

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    The four groups of pigeons were then placed within the chamber once per day and were subjected to four different conditions each of which ran for 10 sessions for either 40 minutes or 60 reinforces, this was solely dependent on which came first. The first condition was fairly simple and aimed to train the pigeon to respond to key 1 using a schedule of Variable interval 30s. After 10 sessions the pigeons would be subjected to condition two were the pigeons would now be trained to respond to key to using the same Variable interval 30s second schedule; however, key 1 would now be put under extinction. Once this had been completed the birds would now be subjected to condition three, were the same Variable interval schedule would be placed on Key 3, but Key 2 and key 1 would undergo extinction. Once this was completed the birds would be subjected the final condition were all three keys would be placed under…

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    A Pigeon And A Boy Essay

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    development of identity in both When I Lived in Modern Times and A Pigeon and A Boy. In this chapter, the title ‘Bricks’ represents the physical space we refer to as home. The relationship between finding a home and establishing an identity, as well as the authors’ intention to use the home as a reflection of the self, will be discussed. Exploring to the extent in which someone’s…

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    Georgie is a 13 year old girl from Placid, Wisconsin who works at her family’s general store. She lives with her her mom, her Grandfather Bolte, and her older sister named Agatha. She is great at shooting her single-shot rifle and loves to go hunting for pigeons. She loves her sister and wants her sister to stay in Placid her whole life so she can help run the general store. She is the main character and is also the narrator. Agatha is Georgie’s sister and she is a free spirit. She want’s to…

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    “Thud!” The car door slams shut, with me inside the vehicle. The engine revved as my dad and I pulled away from James S. Rickards Middle School. As we got on Interstate 95 we were disappointed as it was the peak of Monday afternoon rush hour traffic. Nevertheless my imagination still swirling as it was my first time traveling to this destination. The destination was Markham Park Shooting Range. As the car ride took about an hour, that alone gave enough time for my excitement to bloom. When we…

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    In "Migrant Hostel", the poet is reflect upon the experience of living as a migrant for 2 years, reminiscing on what he alienation and the sense of not belonging to the country when he first came to Australia. Skrzynecki uses metaphor techniques such as "comings and goings, arrivals of the newcomer…… departure" to convey the sense of migrant have an uncertainly of their life in a new immigration place. He also used simile in "like a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings" to describe that…

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    Essay On Resurgence

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    Introduction: We are running an experiment using pigeons that will teach us about resurgence after extinction. Previous studies, such as Leitenberg et. al (Leitenberg et. al, 1970), have shown that it is possible for a behaviour that has been previously extinguished to have a sudden resurgence and become prevalent again. Podlesnik et. al, (Podlesnik et. al, 2006) attempted to re-create this experiment, and found the same results, the rats relapsed and returned to their previously extinct…

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    I was able to watch the complete Nova video, “What are Animals Thinking”. The three most interesting and informative parts of this video are the rat experiment, infrasonic sound and house –hunting bees’ ability to find new homes. The free rats in this video actually showed empathy towards the trapped rats. At the University of Chicago Mrs. Mason showed two different test the first two rats in a box one was trapped in a tube the other was free. The free rat figured out how to open the…

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    hostel; where individual identity is replaced with anonymity, he reflects on his struggles with cultural identity and belonging as he observes the division between his pre-war Polish heritage and his newfound foreign home. See, when directing you to lines 10-11 this sense of geographic belonging is well demonstrated through the use of simile. “Like a homing pigeon circling to get its bearings” by using this technique Skrzynecki effectively provides us with a visual image of a disorientated bird…

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    There were four groups of pigeon (three in each) which were scheduled for three experimental chambers for over five days a week. The 4 groups of pigeons were scheduled for 3 experimental chambers and would last over 5 days a week; this was done by each group running for one session every day. There are four conditions in this experiment, where each condition will last for 10 sessions. The session durations lasts for a maximum of 40 mins or 60 reinforces depending on which ever happens first. …

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    The Pigeon War

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    “Both the Allied and the Central Powers used tens of thousands of homing pigeons to send messages between military detachments. In fact, they were so important to communication during the war that the British Defense of the Realm Act made it a crime to kill, wound, or otherwise molest, or not take adequate care of pigeons.”3 Pigeons saved hundreds of thousands of soldiers lives from all of the belligerents due to their keen ability to relay information quickly and efficiently. Among these…

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