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Extinction in a free-operant avoidance situation was defined as removing the effectiveness of the response in delaying shocks rather than the removal of shocks. This was identified as a procedure more consistent with those used in appetitive reward studies involving extinction. In the present study, orderly extinction was found in four out of five albino rats where the R-S interval and S-S interval were both equal to 15 sec.
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Davenport, D.G., Coger, R.W. & Spector, N.J. The redefinition of extinction applied to Sidman free-operant avoidance responding. Psychon Sci 19, 181–182 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335540
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