The use of shock-contingent variations in response-shock intervals for the maintenance of avoidance behavior.
- 1 January 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 50 (6), 558-562
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048927
Abstract
In 4 male albino rats a free operant response was maintained on a program of variable response-shock interval, the interval being changed after every shock. Response rates decreased with increasing maximum response-shock intervals. Frequency distribution of inter-response times showed a peak at intermediate values and little dependence on maximum response-shock interval.Keywords
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