DELAYED ESCAPE FROM LIGHT BY THE ALBINO RAT1
- 1 November 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 9 (6) , 655-658
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1966.9-655
Abstract
Two albino rats were trained to terminate an aversive light for 1 min by pressing a bar. After 19 hr of conditioning they were exposed to successive delays of 1, 2, 5, and 10 sec imposed between occurrence of the escape response and light termination. No stimulus change accompanied the delay interval, and any additional responses made at this time reset the delay timer. For both rats the relative frequency of escape responses with very long latencies increased as the delay interval increased. The modal escape latency, however, remained essentially unchanged for all delay values of greater than 1 sec. “Superstitious” responding was observed during the delay interval.Keywords
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