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Try It Yourself!

Think you could train an animal using conditioning? Design an experiment that you think would work. Suppose you had two pet mice. You wanted to see if they could follow a maze. One mouse gets a treat at the end of its maze. The other doesn’t. What would your experiment look like?

Suggested Materials: Paper Pencil

1. Devise your hypothesis.

2. What is your procedure? List the steps.

3. How many trials will you do? What is your controlled variable? Your indepen- dent variable?

4. Predict what your results will be.

5. Explain what you think you would see.

6. Draw a conclusion.

Note: If you happen to have a mouse for a pet, try this out! Or try a similar experi- ment on your cat, dog, or pet lizard. Just be sure to be kind and gentle to the pet. Have fun!

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