Classical appetitive conditioning of the rabbit's (Oryctolagus cuniculus) jaw-movement response with a single-alternation schedule.

1 May 1971

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Vol. 75 (2) , 231-238
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0030823

Abstract

Conducted 3 experiments with a total of 144 male and female albino rabbits to evaluate the implied generality of E. J. Capaldi's aftereffects concept. The effects on single-alternation behavior (SAB) of 1-, 10-, and 20-cc water UCSs, and of the factorial manipulation of 2 levels of CS duration (.5 and 15.05 sec.) on reinforced (R) and nonreinforced (N) trials, were assessed. It was found that SAB: (a) did obtain a classical appetitive conditioning, (b) was an increasing function of UCS magnitude, and (c) was significantly facilitated by increased CS duration on N but not on R trials. It is suggested that the effects of reward on magnitude and duration of goal-box stimuli on SAB in instrumental appetitive-conditioning paradigms may be similarly mediated by classical appetitive CRs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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