ESCAPE AND AVOIDANCE OF SHOCK BY PIGEONS PECKING A KEY
- 1 July 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 12 (4) , 533-538
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1969.12-533
Abstract
Pigeons had been trained to peck a key when each peck removed a slowly increasing series of electric shocks. Without loss of the established key-pecking response, the birds were gradually weaned from this procedure to one where intense shocks were presented suddenly, duplicating features that had proved ineffective for initial shaping of the response. Finally, a procedure was introduced in which key pecks could avoid shock. Avoidance responding was maintained in two of three pigeons.Keywords
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