Single-Trial Avoidance Conditioning in Rats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13663601 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter B Essman (Queens College, corresponding author), Frederick N Sudak (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 775-783 |
| Publication date | 1964-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1964.15.3.775 |
| OpenAlex | W1976796739 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
Two experiments were designed to investigate shock intensity (current level), and shock duration as variables in the conditioning of an avoidance response in rats with a single training trial. In Exp. 3, a fixed current and duration were used and the resistance of the established conditioned response to extinction was determined. A grid scrambled 3-ma., 1-sec. shock applied to the four paws as a reinforcement was found to be most efficient in producing a high incidence and magnitude of conditioned avoidance. Training-testing intervals of 1 and 24 hr. yielded comparable results. Increasing the duration of a 3-ma. shock reinforcement increased the resistance of the CR to extinction
Audiology · Avoidance learning · Avoidance response · Classical conditioning · Conditioning · Developmental psychology · Duration (music · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Intensity (physics · Optics · Physics · Reinforcement · Shock (circulatory · Statistics · Internal Medicine · Mathematics · Medicine · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1966 - 1966 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |