The Effect of Compatibility Between Avoidance and Shock-Induced Behavior on Extinction After Avoidance-Response Prevention

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Bersh ◽  
James F. Harrison ◽  
Steven Jacobson
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Response Prevention

Social Facilitation following Response Prevention in the Rat

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-133
Author(s):  
Donald P. Corriveau ◽  
Katherine Contildes ◽  
Nelson F. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Social Facilitation ◽  
Conditioned Avoidance ◽  
Response Prevention ◽  
Conditioned Avoidance Response ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Facilitation Effect ◽  
Approach Behavior ◽  
Fear Reduction ◽  
The Social

Baum (1969) found that the presence of a nonfearful rat during response prevention facilitated fear reduction. However, Baum used the problematic “reduction in the conditioned avoidance response” as a measure of fear. The present study re-examined the social facilitation effect by examining approach behavior as an index of fear. 60 male rats either received or did not receive response prevention. These treatments were presented either alone or in the presence of a mobile or immobile nonfearful rat. Although all measures of fear showed significant response prevention, none showed social facilitation. The discrepancy between these results and those of Baum was explained by hypothesizing the conditioning of incompatible responses within the context of avoidance procedures.

Pavlovian processes and response competition as determinants of avoidance response-prevention effects

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J Bersh ◽  
Wayne G Whitehouse ◽  
Benjamin C Mauro
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Response Competition ◽  
Response Prevention

Rewarding vs Aversive Intracranial Stimulation Administered during Flooding (Response Prevention) in Rats

1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morrie Baum ◽  
Robert Leclerc ◽  
Jacques St.-Laurent
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Brain Stimulation ◽  
Avoidance Training ◽  
Response Prevention ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Intracranial Stimulation ◽  
Implanted Electrodes ◽  
Rewarding Brain Stimulation ◽  
Daily Cycles ◽  
Rewarding Brain

3 groups of hooded rats were given daily cycles of avoidance-training-flooding-extinction for 4 consecutive days. Flooding or response prevention consisted of thwarting the learned avoidance response while forcing S to remain in the feared situation. On some days, one group received pulsing rewarding brain stimulation during flooding, while a second group received aversive intracranial stimulation (ICS). A third group also had implanted electrodes but never received any ICS during flooding. The results indicated that rewarding ICS increased the efficacy of flooding in producing cessation of avoidance-responding in extinction. Aversive ICS similarly administered had no significant effect (relative to the control group). Theoretical implications were discussed.

Extinction of an Avoidance Response in Rats VIA Response Prevention (Flooding): A Test for Residual Fear

1971 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morrie Baum
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Response Prevention

In a 2 × 2 factorial design, 80 rats wete trained to avoid either 0.5 or 1.3 mA. shock in an automated apparatus. Following acquisition, the rats were extinguished with or without response prevention (second factor). The results confirmed that response prevention is effective in hastening the extinction of an avoidance response. Following extinction, the application of a loud buzzer induced a recovery-from-extinction of the response in all groups. This was taken to indicate that residual fear was present in all groups and roughly to the same extent. Various theoretical implications were discussed.

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