scholarly journals The effect of number and minimum duration of post-response-prevention escapes on the resistance to extinction of an avoidance response

1984 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip J. Bersh ◽  
Wayne G. Whitehouse ◽  
Joshua E. Blustein
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Response Prevention ◽  
Minimum Duration ◽  
Resistance To Extinction

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

Effect of Alcohol on the Acquisition and Resistance-To-Extinction of Avoidance Responses in Rats

1970 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 759-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morrie Baum
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Factorial Design ◽  
Avoidance Learning ◽  
Avoidance Behavior ◽  
Escape Trial ◽  
Resistance To Extinction ◽  
Alcohol Alcohol ◽  
Avoidance Responses

Two experiments were conducted to explore the effects of alcohol on avoidance behavior in rats. In Exp. I, the effect of alcohol on the acquisition of an avoidance response was examined in a 2 × 4 factorial design. Groups of rats were trained to avoid in one of two simple avoidance tasks following the administration of one of four doses of alcohol. Alcohol significantly affected the latency of the first escape trial but did not significantly influence any of the measures of avoidance learning. In Exp. II, a 2 × 3 factorial design was employed to study the effect of alcohol on the resistance-to-extinction of a previously learned avoidance response. Rats were trained to avoid in one of the two tasks and then were given one of three doses of alcohol prior to extinction. Alcohol significantly influenced resistance-to-extinction, with the appropriate dose increasing the persistence of the response. The results of these experiments were taken to indicate that (a) alcohol does not really reduce fear in rats or (b) alcohol reduces fear, but the level of fear does not determine the acquisition or extinction of simple avoidance responses.

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