Resistance to extinction after varying amounts of nondiscriminative or cue-correlated escape training.

1969 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Fazzaro ◽  
M. R. D'Amato
Keyword(s):  
Escape Training ◽  
Resistance To Extinction

Effects of Shock and Safe Box Similarity on Escape Training and Extinction

1972 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-242
Author(s):  
James S. Kash ◽  
Joseph J. Franchina
Keyword(s):  
Escape Training ◽  
Resistance To Extinction

40 rats received escape training and extinction with shock and safe areas either similar or dissimilar to each other. No effects of similarity were demonstrated in acquisition. Resistance to extinction was impaired when either training or extinction occurred with shock and safe areas similar to each other relative to a dissimilar control condition.

Effects of Duration and Delay of Shock on Self-Punitive Behavior in the Rat

1965 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth B. Melvin ◽  
George I. Athey ◽  
Frederick H. Heasley
Keyword(s):  
High Resistance ◽  
Shock Duration ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Escape Training ◽  
Resistance To Extinction ◽  
Shock Escape ◽  
Punitive Behavior ◽  
Intermediate Shock ◽  
Very High

Rats were given shock-escape training in a 4-ft. runway, then divided into 4 groups of 9 Ss each. During extinction, shock was present in the 4-ft. alley, the first 1-ft. segment, or the last 1-ft. segment for 3 groups, but was never present in the start box. A control group received no shock. In general, punished Ss ran faster and longer than non-shocked Ss. The more immediate the punishment, the more vigorous and sustained was the punished act. The immediate 1-ft. shock led to very high resistance to extinction, indicating that an intermediate shock duration may yield optimal facilitation.

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