Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Twenty-four rats were trained to avoid shock in a shuttlebox, receiving feedback for a correct response. During extinction, matched pairs were tested under response contingent or response independent feedback, with either shock or no shock. The combination of response contingent feedback and no shock led to the greatest resistance to extinction. No other significant differences were found. The results were used to support the discrimination hypothesis, and concurred with other studies with regard to: (1) the functional similarity of feedback and CS termination in the acquisition and maintenance of avoidance, and (2) the importance of the interaction of the response contingency with the avoidance contingency, in determining the effects on avoidance responding.

Extent

57 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.

Identifier

FADT13714

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