Six Golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) leamed to depress a lever in order to obtain small strips 01 paper which were subsequently used in building their nests. A second, yoked control experiment showed that the contingency between the lever press and paper delivery, not a rise in general activity, controlIed the response rate.
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