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Developmental aspects of passive and active avoidance learning in rats
Author(s) -
Riccio David C.,
Rohrbaugh Michael,
Hodges Louis A.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420010208
Subject(s) - avoidance learning , avoidance response , psychology , developmental psychology , audiology , medicine , neuroscience
In Experiment 1, groups of rats 16, 19, 25, 32, and 90 to 120 days of age, were tested for retention of a passive avoidance response 2 min or 24 hr following a single training trial. Passive avoidance learning improved markedly with age, and retention over a 24‐hr interval was complete for all age groups. In Experiment 2, rats 19, 25, 32, and 90 to 120 days of age were trained in a simple, active avoidance task. A trials‐to‐criterion measure indicated that learning was relatively independent of age, although 19‐day rats were somewhat inferior to older rats. The occurrence of differences in passive avoidance learning through developmental ranges in age where simple active avoidance is little affected suggests that inhibition of responding may be selectively influenced by maturational variables.