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BAR HOLDING DURING ESCAPE CONDITIONING
Author(s) -
Migler Bernard
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1963.6-65
Subject(s) - bar (unit) , conditioning , shock (circulatory) , avoidance learning , escape response , operant conditioning , classical conditioning , psychology , duration (music) , reinforcement , social psychology , neuroscience , mathematics , physics , medicine , statistics , meteorology , acoustics
To analyze bar‐holding behavior during escape conditioning three rats were trained to escape from shock by pressing a bar, and three were trained to escape by releasing a bar. Bar holding behavior was stronger and more stable under the release condition. These effects were related to the relative shock duration of onbar versus offbar shocks.