NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT WITHOUT SHOCK REDUCTION1
- 1 November 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 14 (3) , 259-268
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1970.14-259
Abstract
Stable lever‐press responding in rats was reliably produced and maintained by a procedure in which responses could delay shocks without affecting overall shock frequency. Responding was not maintained when the delay‐of‐shock involved an increase in overall shock frequency.Keywords
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