A TECHNIQUE FOR PRODUCING EITHER APPROACH OR AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR TO A STIMULUS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRIC SHOCK

Abstract

A procedure is described in which a stimulus associated with the onset of an electric shock is later avoided and a stimulus associated with the termination of the same electric shock is laterAPPROACHED. The method allows a direct comparison of approach and avoidance behaviors occasioned by stimuli previously associated with changes in the same physical stimulus. The usefulness of the technique in psychological and psychopharmacological investigations is discussed. (Aaauthor)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 26, 1961
Accession Number
AD0263251

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People

  • Wayne O. Evans

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Laboratory

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Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Theoretical Analysis.