Response suppression and recovery of responding at different deprivation levels as functions of intensity and duration of punishment.
- 1 December 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 58 (3) , 456-459
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045630
Abstract
Effects of punishment on a 4-min. FI (fixed interval) food-reinforced bar-pressing response were investigated in hooded rats. Shock intensity (.4-1.0 ma.) and shock duration (.2-1.1 sec.) were varied factorially. For all Ss, punishment contingent upon each response continued until responding ceased. After 2 weeks, 1/2 the Ss were retested on 3 successive days without punishment at 23-23-23 hr. deprivation and 1/2 at 23-47-71 hr. deprivation. More intense shock was associated with fewer punishments to cessation of responding and greater resistance to recovery. Longer shocks were associated with fewer punishments to cessation, but there was no relationship between duration and recovery. Recovery was not speeded by increasing deprivation, but postrecovery response rate was increased.Keywords
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