Avoidance sessions as aversive events.
Rats living continuously in conditioning chambers were permitted to work for food before and after their daily avoidance sessions. The avoidance procedure disrupted this responding reinforced by food, a result that indicates conditioned suppression on a time scale much greater than that previously studied in nonhuman animals.
D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004597:Electroshock; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward; D013997:Time Factors