Effects of Fear on Exploratory Behaviour in Rats
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- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 22 (2) , 205-214
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00335557043000131
Abstract
It has been suggested that mild fear may evoke rather than inhibit exploratory responses in rats. The relationship between conditioned fear and exploratory behaviour was analysed in three experiments and there was no evidence that mild fear increased exploration. Conditioned fear was found to be under relatively precise stimulus control and its magnitude was related to the intensities and durations of the unconditioned stimulus, inescapable electric shock.Keywords
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