Acquisition and extinction of avoidance with sinmilar and different shock and escape situation.
- 1 January 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 60 (2) , 272-273
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0022354
Abstract
Ninty-six male rats learned a jump-out avoidance response under conditions permitting comparison of rates of acquisition and extinction with dissimilar as compared to similar shock and escape boxes. Similar boxes retarded learning significantly relative to dissimilar boxes and dissimilar boxes retarded extinction when compared with similar boxes. These results suggest the operation of approach elements in avoidance and appear antagonistic to traditional theories of avoidance.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Fear as an intervening variable in avoidance conditioning.Journal of Comparative Psychology, 1946