Intercorrelational Analysis of Some Common Measures of Rat Activity
- 1 December 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 23 (3_suppl) , 1047-1050
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1968.23.3f.1047
Abstract
An intercorrelational analysis was performed on the measures of responding generated In Williamson Jiggle Cages, photocell cages, a revolving drum, a circular field, and a double-bar lever-pressing apparatus. The results showed that these measures were essentially independent of one another, though responding decayed in a consistent manner over the 2-hr. test session. Thus, these activity measuring devices assess different aspects of behavior although they are uniformly sensitive to the animal's habituation to the test environment.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Motivational and response factors as determinants of the reinforcing value of light onset.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1966
- Group and individual performance as a function of intensity and kind of deprivation.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1959