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Rats were given avoidance training for 60 trials in a running wheel or 30 trials in a one-way apparatus. For different groups the consequences of failing to avoid in a given trial were escapable shock or inescapable shock of fixed duration. The results indicate that the escape contingency makes no contribution to avoidance learning in these two situations.
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Bolles, R.C., Grossen, N.E. & Hargrave, G.E. The effects of an escape contingency upon running wheel and one-way avoidance learning. Psychon Sci 16, 33–34 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331899
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