Abstract
Depressed runway performance of rats to varied large and small reward following consistent high-incentive training was found. Ss shifted to varied reward displayed a depression effect following both large- and small-reward trials, a finding particularly nonsupportive of Capaldi’s stimulus aftereffect theory and supportive of Amsel’s frustration theory.
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Calef, R.S., Hopkins, D.C., McHewitt, E.R. et al. Performance to varied reward following continuous reward training in the runway. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 103–104 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327731
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Keywords
- Small Reward
- Depression Effect
- Frustration Theory
- Varied Reward
- Postshift Period