Preference for Warning in an Unavoidable Shock Situation: Replication and Extension
- 1 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 30 (1) , 72-74
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1972.30.1.72
Abstract
To replicate and extend the previously reported preference for warning in an unavoidable shock situation rats were tested individually in a two-compartment grid shuttle box and whether a preference for signal prior to unavoidable shock could be established over a shock-alone condition was observed. Ss were tested at warning durations of 3, 5, 10, 20 and 30 sec. All Ss exhibited a clear preference for the signal-shock condition, regardless of duration of warning.Keywords
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