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Eight rats were trained to escape electric shock. In the first phase, they were given 28 trials of 1 mA of shock on each of 10 days; during the second 16-day phase, they received 28 trials of seven intensities randomly presented so that each intensity occurred on four trials each day; in the final 10-day phase the procedure was as Phase 2 except the Ss were systematically placed on a 48-h food and water deprivation schedule. The major effect of deprivation was to increase the response latencies to the electric shock.
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This study was supported in part by Grant MH 13309-01 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Meyer, M.E., Adams, W.A. & Worthen, V.K. Deprivation and escape conditioning with various intensities of shock. Psychon Sci 14, 212 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332797
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