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Groups of male albino rats under 0-h food deprivation were compared to groups under 22-h food deprivation running to sucrose-pellet reward in the double alley. In addition to experimental groups switched from continuous to 50% reinforcement in the first goalbox (GB1), control groups never receiving reward in GB1 were used under both deprivation conditions. A substantial frustration effect (FE) was found for the 22-h-deprived groups; however, no reliable evidence of the FE was found with 0-h-deprived groups.
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This paper is based on a portion of a thesis submitted by S. B. Frates in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master’s degree; Lawrence Dachowski was the faculty research supervisor. The study was supported by PHS Research Grant No. MH 12099 from the National Institute of Mental Health. Computer processing of the data was supported by the Computer Laboratory of Tulane University. The authors wish to thank Holland Jones and Larry Hughes for assistance in gathering and transcribing the data. A version of this paper was presented at the convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association, St. Louis, Mo., 1970.
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Dunlap, W.P., Frates, S.B. Influence of deprivation on the frustration effect. Psychon Sci 21, 1–2 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332404
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