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Following the establishment of strong approach behavior in a double runway, the generalized consummatory components (approach and licking) of this behavior were punished in a similar context by either a single contingent paw shock or by a single tongue shock. When retested in the runway the next day, a nonshocked control group showed an increase, while both shocked groups showed a decrease in speed in all segments of the double runway. The suppression effect was greatest in the goal areas and least in the start areas. Paw shock had a greater suppressive effect than tongue shock An implication for the study of the energizing function of fear was suggested. Albino rats served as the experimental Ss.
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Braud, W.G., Prytula, R.E. Susceptibility of an instrumental locomotor response to punishment of its generalized consummatory components: Effect of punishment locus. Psychon Sci 17, 11–12 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329140
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