Infantile stimulation and its effects on frustration- and fear-motivated behavior in rats |
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Authors: | Helen B. Daly Kenneth M. Rosenberg |
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Affiliation: | State University of New York, College at Oswego USA |
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Abstract: | Infant rats that were either removed from the nest each day (handled) or left undisturbed (nonhandled) were, in adulthood, given 72 food-reinforced runway acquisition trials followed by 24 trials of extinction training with or without shock. Handled and nonhandled control animals were given runway training without food reinforcement. Reinforced rats ran faster than nonreinforced rats, and handled rats ran faster than nonhandled rats during the initial trials of runway acquisition irrespective of the reinforcement condition. Nonhadled rats stopped running sooner than handled rats when shock was introduced in the goalbox, but differences between handled and nonhandled rats given extinction training without shock were small. Results of a second experiment showed no differences between handled and non-handled rats in the magnitude of the depression effect after an incentive shift. It was concluded that infantile handling had little effect on frustration-motivated behavior, but did affect fear-motivated behavior. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Helen B. Daly Department of Psychology State University of New York Oswego New York 13126. |
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