ABSTRACT
As the subject matter of animal learning becomes increasingly cognitive, experimental procedures and our understanding of an animal's abilities increase in complexity. Animal timing, for example, requires extensive training of the animal and complicated procedures to demonstrate the existence and properties of an organism's internal clock. These aspects of animal timing are sufficiently represented in numerous learning texts (e.g., Domjan & Burkhardt, 1986; Mazur, 1990; Roitblat, 1990); yet, it is often difficult for undergraduates to comprehend fully the experimental procedures and results without an adequate demonstration. Unfortunately, it is not practical for many learning instructors to train and maintain animals for demonstrations. This article describes a procedure using students as subjects to teach the properties of the internal clock.
