Studies on Rigidity and Crystallization of Behavior
Iii. Can the Fear-Reduction Theory Explain Fixation of Avoidance Behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19276348 |
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| Authors | Hiroshi Imada (0000-0002-6884-9962, Kwansei Gakuin University), KUNIO NIIHAMA (Kwansei Gakuin University) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 158-167 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japanese Psychological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-5368 • E-ISSN: 1468-5884 |
| Publisher | The Japanese Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| DOI | 10.4992/psycholres1954.14.158 |
| OpenAlex | W2173393409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
Two experiments using rats as Ss were conducted in order to test the adequacy of the fear-reduction hypothesis in accounting for the behavior fixation observed in an avoidance conditioning situation. In Experiment I guiding Ss equally often in three different directions was not effective in making their avoidance behavior variable and in changing their direction of response: They fixated in their preferred direction. In Experiment II giving exceptionally large amount of training on the nonpreferred response was effective in changing their direction of response from the preferred to the nonpreferred direction. It was concluded that fear-reduction hypothesis alone could not explain the fixation phenomenon observed in an avoidance situation
Avoidance learning · Avoidance response · Biology · Classical conditioning · Cognitive psychology · Conditioning · Fixation (population genetics) · Rigidity (electromagnetism) · Statistics · Structural engineering · Unconditioned stimulus · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Engineering · Mathematics · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
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| Citation span | 1973 - 1973 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |