The effect of shock intensity on discriminative escape conditioning
| dc.contributor.advisor | Black, A.H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Annau, Zoltan | |
| dc.contributor.department | None | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-12-02T23:40:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-12-02T23:40:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1963-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis was concerned with the effects of shock intensity on discriminative escape conditioning. At the lowest shock intensity there was a bimodal distribution of nonresponding animals at one mode and responders at the other mode. Optimum performance occurred at the lowest shock intensity at which 100% of the animals responded. At higher shock intensities performance deteriorated. An attempt to test the Yerkes-Dodson Law failed to yield conclusive results. Finally, it was found that shock intensity affected performance rather than learning. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
| dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/23611 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | shock | en_US |
| dc.subject | discriminative escape conditioning | en_US |
| dc.subject | Yerkes-Dodson Law | en_US |
| dc.title | The effect of shock intensity on discriminative escape conditioning | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Discriminative escape conditioning | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |