Abstract
Conducted 3 experiments with a total of 108 male Sprague-Dawley rats. In Exp I, localized CSs evoked behaviors mostly directed toward the CS source, and more diffuse CSs evoked behaviors mostly directed toward the delivery site of the food UCS. In Exp II, localized CSs nearer the UCS delivery site evoked more CS-directed but less UCS site-directed behaviors than localized CSs farther from the UCS delivery site. In Exp III, the extent to which Ss contacted CS sources depended on variation in several CS features casually described as affecting the feasibility of contact with those CSs. In all 3 experiments, some differences in behavior evoked by the various CSs were noted prior to conditioning; these differences were enhanced by conditioning and further magnified by discrimination training. These results are related to a hypothesis in which orienting responses play an important role in determining the character of Pavlovian conditioned responding. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 81-97 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1980 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- diffuse vs localized visual CS &
- distance from food UCS, role of orienting responses in form of Pavlovian conditioned responses, male rats
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
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Influence of visual conditioned stimulus characteristics on the form of Pavlovian appetitive conditioned responding in rats. / Holland, Peter C.
In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Vol. 6, No. 1, 01.1980, p. 81-97.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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