How Hunger Motivation Affects A Rat s Memory And Spatial...

Our purpose is to build a rat maze and find out how hunger motivation affects a rat’s memory and spatial reasoning. By learning more about what drives a rat’s actions we could in turn learn more about humans and what motivates them. Understanding why animals are motivated to complete a task can shed light onto reasons why animals behave the way they do and why animals chose to repeat a behavior. Background Information: For our experiment, we will be testing if motivation from hunger affects the memory and spatial reasoning of rats. We will be using two rats of the same breed and age. One will be fed, and the other will be unfed. After performing the experiment, we will compare the number of trials and time it took for each rat to get through the same maze. Since the early 20th century rats and other rodents have been used in experimental mazes to study spatial learning and memory in rats. They can also help uncover general principles about learning that can be applied to humans, and to determine whether different treatments or conditions affect learning and memory in rats. Rats are used in these mazes because they are particularly gifted at running them. It comes from their evolutionary history of digging and finding their way around underground tunnels. There are many types of rat mazes used in experiments, such as the T maze, the multiple T maze, the Y maze, the radial arm maze, and the Morris water maze. Over time, rats tend to run the maze with fewer errors and moreShow MoreRelated023 Understand Child and Young Person development6353 Words   |  26 Pagessome girls are starting to change (growing breasts) and some might start their periods. 12-16 years Gradual body changes in both girls and boys (girls physically mature quicker [around 15/ 16] than boys [around 17/18]. Fast body changes may affect spatial awareness which can become occasionally poor as a result. 16-19 years The maturing of the body is finishing with the full development of sexual organs; the body is taking a distinctive female or male shape. 023 Table 2:Read MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesand permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. To obtain permission(s) to use material from this work, please submit a written request to Pearson Education, Inc., Permissions Department, One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, or you may fax your request to 201-236-3290. Many of the designations by manufacturersRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pagesbuilt-in pretests and posttests, focus on what you need to learn and to review in order to succeed. Visit www.mymanagementlab.com to learn more. DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT SKILLS EIGHTH EDITION David A. Whetten BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Kim S. Cameron UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Prentice Hall Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore