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Five rats were trained to barpress for liquid food reinforcement on FR6. Attack behavior was then studied under two conditions: (1) pairing experimental Ss with target animals, and (2)pairing experimental Ss and target animals with intermittent electrical shock. Pairing experimental Ss and target animals without shock did not elicit attack, nor was barpressing behavior appreciably disrupted. Only under conditions where experimental and target animals were paired and shock presented did attack occur. Barpressing behavior was severely suppressed under the final condition, and there appeared to be no recovery of response rates over several sessions.
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Based in part on a paper, “The Effects of Pain Elicited Aggression on a Food Maintained Schedule of Reinforcement,” presented at the annual meeting of the Rocky Mountain Regional Psychological Association, Albuquerque, N. Mex., 1966.
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Hayes, J.G., Daley, M.F. & Cheney, C.D. Effects of induced aggression on a low fixed-ratio schedule of food reinforcement. Psychon. Sci. 17, 259–260 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336517
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