Behavioural Testing Methods

Question 1

Fear conditioning

Answer 1

Skinner box

Question 2

Morris water maze

Answer 2

Four quadrants with target shapes on walls for rats to use as navigation tools
-they must find the platform
- measures spatial memory

Question 3

Elevated plus maze

Answer 3

-above ground t shape maze
- one set of arm has walls, one does not
- measures anxiety and exploratory behaviours

Question 4

Conditioned place preference

Answer 4

• food or negative stimulus placed in target location
• it is removed and rats show preference of rooms