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Two groups of rats (N = 10) were given 300 trials of avoidance training on 5 consecutive days with either.4 or 1.2 mA electric current. Half of the rats received 5 additional days of identical training, while the other half were trained with the opposite shock intensity. Animals trained with.4 mA learned reliably faster than those using 1.2 m A. Those Ss switched from high to low shock exhibited an immeidate increase in performance, and the opposite switch produced a decrease. No reliable elation or depression effects were obtained.
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Olson, R.D., Elder, S.T. Effects of changes in shock intensity following extensive training in the discriminated avoidance paradigm. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 105–106 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327732
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