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Sixteen male rats were run under four conditions, sensory deprived with shock, sensory deprived without shock, shock without sensory deprivation, and a no shock, no deprivation condition. All Ss were housed in Skinner boxes throughout the entire experiment to test the effects of these conditions on the number of bar presses prior to and during extinction. The results indicate that sensory deprivation and shock generate the highest bar-press rate prior to and during extinction, and that there is an interaction between shock and sensory deprivation.
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1. The initial phases of this study were presented at the Western Psychological Association, May 1967, San Francisco, California.
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Miller, A.R., Stewart, R.A. & Kiker, V.L. The facilitative effects of shock and sensory deprivation on bar-pressing during extinction. Psychon Sci 10, 113–114 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331433
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