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In studies of copulatory behavior between rats, it has been found that copulation can have a reinforcing effect on the male animal. This effect on the female rat is in question. The present study attempted to determine if copulatory behavior was reinforcing for the female rat: (1) when comparing estrous and diestrous Ss, and (2) when comparing sexual aggressiveness or sexual passivity of the male mate. Results suggested the possibility of reinforcement for estrous rats, although, due to the measure used, the results might have been influenced by the general activity of the animal. The results with active and passive Ss tend to support this conclusion.
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Peretti, P.O., Brummel, K. A consideration of copulatory behavior and activity level as reinforcement of female rat behavior. Psychobiology 1, 245–247 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03326914
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03326914