Escapability and generalization: effect on 'behavioral despair'.
Two experiments were conducted to investigate (1) whether 'behavioral despair' was related to inescapability of the warm swim and (2) whether 'behavioral despair' would generalize to a shock escape task. Results indicated that rats exhibited 'behavioral despair' independent of the escapability of the warm swim and that the phenomenon did not generalize to a shock escape task. Implications for the validity of the behavioral despair model was discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004597:Electroshock; D004924:Escape Reaction / Q000187:drug effects*; D005793:Generalization, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013550:Swimming