Effect of UCS Duration on Classical Avoidance Learning of the Bar-Press Response
- 1 April 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 14 (2), 559-563
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1964.14.2.559
Abstract
It was found that rats perform better in a classical avoidance situation when the maximum duration of the UCS on no-response trials is long than when it is short. Although this effect was significant, it cannot account for the generally poor performance obtained. A competing response interpretation is proposed.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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