This article presents an inexpensive program using invertebrates in the classroom. The following information is provided: (a) the availability of review articles; (b) how to maintain and procure subjects; (c) where to obtain apparatus; and (d) how to prepare demonstrations of classical, instrumental, and avoidance conditioning.
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