A comparison of leverpress and head-poke discriminated Sidman avoidance |
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Authors: | Philip F Carrigan James O Benedict John J B Ayres |
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Institution: | 1. University of Massachusetts, 01002, Amherst, Massachusetts
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Abstract: | A discriminated Sidman avoidance procedure used by Forgione (1970) was replicated using a head-poke response instead of a leverpress as the avoidance operant. The resultant data were described in terms of the five dependent measures reported by Forgione. Head-poke avoidance was found to be more efficient than its leverpress counterpart and compared very favorably with the lever-disabling (or shock-timer-on) procedure used by Forgione to break up inefficient leverpress behavior patterns. |
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