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Instrumental appetitive conditioning was studied in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum. Ss were trained to snap at a manipulandum in order to obtain food reward. The results showed that the Ss were capable of learning the task and that extinction returned the instrumentally conditioned response to the operant level.
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Davis, S.F., Singer, J.J. The acqusition and extinction of instrumentally conditioned approach behavior in the tiger salamander (ambystoma tigrinum). Psychon Sci 8, 383–384 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332251
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