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Calhoun himself saw the fate of the population of mice as a metaphor for the potential fate of humankind. He characterized the social breakdown as a "spiritual death", [10] with reference to bodily death as the "second death" mentioned in the Biblical verse Revelation 2:11. [10] The implications of the experiment are controversial.
Modern versions of the test are less severe. Water deprivation is 18 hours or water is provided for 1 hour a day for four days before beginning the test. Electrical shock is only given for a 3-5 minute time period. [3] The VCT can be done with food deprivation too. Before beginning the test animals must be acclimated to the cage and food pellets.
The term "behavioural despair test" bears an anthropomorphic connotation and is a somewhat subjective description as it is uncertain whether the test reliably gauges mood or despair. Strictly speaking, the descriptive term "forced swimming test" is preferred by researchers. [ 8 ]
Rather, it has become a widely accepted belief among behavior geneticists that the superiority of the bright rats may have been confined to Tryon’s specific test; thus, it is not necessarily due to a difference in learning capacity between the two groups of rats.
The SIAS is similar to the Social Phobia Scale (SPS), a measure that mores specifically assesses social phobia. [1] [2] However, though the measure is not created to measure social phobia specifically, those with social phobia score high on the SIAS as social phobia and social interaction anxiety are related.
A social experiment is a method of psychological or sociological research that observes people's reactions to certain situations or events. The experiment depends on a particular social approach where the main source of information is the participants' point of view and knowledge.
Conditioned place preference (CPP) is a form of Pavlovian conditioning used to measure the motivational effects of objects or experiences. [1] This motivation comes from the pleasurable aspect of the experience, so that the brain can be reminded of the context that surrounded the "encounter". [2]
Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California , searching for jobs during the Great Depression .