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Three female hooded rats received free-operant avoidance training that incorporated a shuttle requirement. The rats’ activities during the final portions of Sessions 5, 10, and 15 were systematically analyzed. The rats showed minimal within- and between-subject differences in their shuttle-avoidance response chains: They walked across and beyond the midline, paused, turned, and again walked across and beyond the midline. Comparisons between shuttle- and leverpress-avoidance response chains are offered.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Grants and Research Committee of Catawba College. The contribution of Robin I. Ritchie and Ronda I. Ritchie, who served as observers, is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated.
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Roberts, A.E. The shuttle-avoidance response chains of rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 24, 163–165 (1986). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330534
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330534