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Five groups of 10 rats received 20 one-per-day acquisition trials in a straight alley. Beginning with Trial 1 either 0, 2, 4, 8, or 20 successive trials were given under high hunger drive and the remainder under low drive. Following eight days of ad lib feeding all Ss received six further test trials. Three of the four groups receiving high drive acquisition trials ran significantly faster in ad lib testing than the group receiving only low drive acquisition trials.
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This research was conducted while the author held an NSF pre-doctoral fellowship. It was partly supported by NSF Grant GB 2910 to Dr. David Birch, whom the writer wishes to thank for his critical assistance.
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Timberlake, W. Straight alley acquisition drive and ad lib test performance. Psychon Sci 9, 585–586 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327901
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