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Rats were given 50 direct placements in the goalbox following 50 acquisition trials in the complete runway. Extinction performance was found related to reward levels in both placement and acquisition, with the larger reward less resistant.
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1. Based on a thesis presented to the Graduate School of Saint Louis University by the second author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M. S. degree. This research was supported in part by NASA Training Grant NsG (T) — 74, Supplement No. 3, awarded to the second author.
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Davenport, D.G., Mueller, J.H. Resistance to extinction as a function of nonresponse incentive shift. Psychon Sci 10, 243–244 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331501
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