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Title: | Retention of the Incompletely Learned Avoidance Response: The Effects of Handling and Location During the Intersession Interval |
Other Titles: | Retention of the Incompletely learned Avoidance Response |
Authors: | Anderson, Nancy |
Advisor: | Kamin, L. J. |
Department: | Psychology |
Keywords: | incompletely learned avoided response;handling and location;intersession interval |
Publication Date: | Aug-1963 |
Abstract: | The retention curve of an incompletely learned avoidance response was investigated, employing rats in a shuttlebox situation. Subjects were given a 15 trial re-learning session 0, 1/2, 1 or 24 hours after original acquisition. Three treatment groups were tested at these intervals: a not-handled group which remained in the shuttlebox during the intersession interval, a handled group which remained in the shuttlebox during the intersession interval, and a group which was returned to a living cage. All treatment groups produced a monotonically decreasing curve as a function of intersession interval. Handling produced a decrement on performance at 0-hour intersession interval; location showed no effect. Results were interpreted in terms of the warm-up decrement and the effects of handling on the arousal of fear. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/24621 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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