The Effect of an “Emotional State” on the Initial Stages of Acquisition in a Conditioned Operant Response
- 15 April 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 26 (4), 297-300
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.26.4.297
Abstract
"Handling" of animals between trials introduces an "emotional state" which delays the beginning of conditioning. However, once conditioning has begun, the rate of acquisition for handled animals does not vary from others.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The acquisition, extinction, and spontaneous recovery of a conditioned operant response.Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1940