Abstract: | In line with the experiments on social learning in animals by imitation, this experiment sought to determine whether rats could learn to respond to the non-behavioral cues of other rats. The "cue" was to hear the squeal of another rat in a painful (shock) situation. When the squeal of the rat was paired with shocking the S a CR could be elicited; not so without shock. Rats also responded differentially to the cue whether in a black or white alley, or whether they were or were not permitted to escape. From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4EK12M. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |