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Fifty-two college Ss were assigned to either an escape or an avoidance conditioning group. The maximum omission interval of the recorded material was 10 sec for both groups. For the escape group, a light was presented for a maximum interval of 3.0 sec immediately following the omission interval. For the avoidance group, the light was presented 3.0 sec prior to the recording omission. A panel depression was the required response. A significant trial blocks effect for number of responses was found in both the escape and avoidance conditioning groups.
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Funds for conducting this research were provided by a grant to the second author from the Graduate School, University of South Dakota.
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Moffat, G.H., Miller, F.D. Escape and avoidance conditioning with omission of entertaining material as the aversive event. Psychon Sci 18, 97–98 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335715
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