Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Following 20 shock-escape training trials, two experimental groups of rats were reinforced for either running quickly (DRH animals could preclude shock in the center section of the runway by decreasing their starting latencies) or for running slowly (DRL animals could preclude shock in the center section of the runway by increasing their starting latencies). Results showed that the DRH animals were running consistently faster than the DRL animals. The results were discussed in terms of the existing explanations of vicious circle behavior, as well as in terms of the differential effects of the reinforcement contingencies.

Extent

54 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.

Identifier

FADT13931

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