From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 12 Jul 2010 00:38 I always say the Wisdom of the Jungle is the best to address human behavior, particularly under conditions of extreme competition, aka "capitalism." Such system unleashes the full potential of people to engage in the Rat Race, and thus we must learn from rats and mice... "This is a most interesting and enlightening collection of 3 films from the 1940s that show various behaviorism and social psychology experiments on lab rats. The results are very revealing both about animal psychology and human psychology! You can't find this DVD anywhere else. Table Of Contents: (1) Competition and Dominance Hierarchies in Rats (1940) - This silent film from 1940 shows three rats competing over one piece of food and the hierarchies that develop between the rodents during the struggle - 13 Minutes (2) Motivation and Reward in Learning (1948) - In this series of psychological experiments on rats from 1948, behavior is influenced by reward and punishment as the rodents learn to press a lever to get food or perform a variety of other actions to avoid being shocked. This is an interesting study of learned behavior and cognitive ability even in the smallest creatures - 14 Minutes (3) Experimentally Produced Social Problems in Rats (1940's) - The results of this study are very intriguing. A lever is placed on one side of a box containing three rats. When one rat learns to press the lever for food, the other rats eat the food before the one doing the work can run and grab the food. Eventually, the rat pressing the lever learns to drop enough food for all of them. Amazing! Use this in the classroom as a study on capitalism!" http://www.amazon.com/1940s-Rodent-Psychology-Science-Experiment/dp/B000NNTH1W/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1278901250&sr=8-13 *** Now we are ready to understand human behavior in a scientific and fun way. I will turn my attention to my mice as we prepare for discussion. My latest addition to my "experiments" is to add a second wheel so the dominant mouse --the fittest-- doesn't ignore the other. --------------------------------------------- THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS "We must learn from all species in our ignorant ways" http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
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