• J Exp Anal Behav · Nov 1969

    The effect of rate of delivery of response-independent shocks upon avoidance responding.

    • R T Jones.
    • J Exp Anal Behav. 1969 Nov 1;12(6):1023-7.

    AbstractTwo hooded rats were trained to bar-press to avoid electric shock on a continuous avoidance schedule with response-shock and shock-shock intervals equal. The rate of delivery of response-independent shocks superimposed on this schedule was varied. The response-independent shocks led to generally higher response rates but, with responses during shock omitted, the rates decreased as the response-independent shock rate was increased. The actual shock rate received by the subjects was linearly related to the maximum potential shock rate. There was an increasing, negatively accelerated function between percentage avoidance and response rate, but there was no consistent relation between the number of shocks avoided and response rate. Response rate decreased as the potential shock rate increased, but responding was maintained even when as few as 15% of the shocks could be avoided.

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