6177 Pellets of food or electric shocks are delivered to rat students depending on their behavior. Reward and punishment, except the word punishment is never used, no it's "motivation". The goal is to control the student's behavior. Humane treatment or happiness is superfluous. Since the drive produced by shock is stronger than hunger, we know that well fed students aren't stupid or lazy, "all they need is a little motivation." A well done clinical film for its era in spite of the euphemistic "motivation". Generalizing on studies such as this film illustrates, "educators" developed similar schemes to motivate human students. The behaviorist basis of modern US education Steve Nordby 2003-09-14 19:34:37 2003-09-14 19:25:04 3 7371 as I have said many times before, you just don't know what you'll expect in Rick Prelinger's Surprise film factory! in this film, we get to see rats tested on to see if they can remember how to get food (by pulling on a lever) and how not to get shocked ("causing discomfort, but not enough to harm the rat" Yeah right, is that why they're jumping up and down?) by either pulling a lever, turning a wheel, biting a cord, and best of all, biting each other! They say that all of this can prove rats can learn to do simple things. So, if you're thinking of getting into the rat fighting business, well this is your film! A MUST SEE on this site! "I want you to bite me as hard as you can' Spuzz 2003-11-13 16:06:38 2003-11-13 16:06:38 5 2 4.00