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Two groups of dogs were compared on the ability of an aversive Pavlovian CS to evoke a negatively reinforced instrumental response. For one group, the instrumental training was avoidance; for the other, escape. When presented alone, the CS evoked the instrumental response only from the avoidance group. Failure of the CS to evoke the response from the escape group poses difficulties for theories which characterize the initiation of avoidance responses as “escapes” from CS.
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This research was supported in part by Grant MH-13,558 to J.B.O.
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Ehrman, R.N., Overmier, J.B. Dissimilarity of mechanisms for evocation of escape and avoidance responding in dogs. Animal Learning & Behavior 4, 347–351 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214063
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