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ELICITATION AND PUNISHMENT OF INTRASPECIES AGGRESSION BY THE SAME STIMULUS 1
Author(s) -
Roberts Carl L.,
Blase Karen
Publication year - 1971
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.1971.15-193
Subject(s) - aggression , psychology , punishment (psychology) , stimulus (psychology) , animal behavior , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , biology , zoology
Fighting responses were elicited in pairs of rats by shocks over a period of 46 days. During certain blocks of these days, “punishing” shocks were made contingent on the shock‐elicited fights. Fighting frequency was reduced as a direct function of the intensity of the contingent shocks. Fighting frequency recovered completely when contingent shocks were removed.