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Adrenal responses to reinforcement and extinction: Role of expectancy versus instrumental responding.
Authors:Coe  Christopher L; Stanton  Mark E; Levine  Seymour
Abstract:Measured plasma corticosterone levels during operant conditioning to determine the effect of reinforced and nonreinforced responding (extinction) on adrenal activation; Ss were 44 male Long-Evans rats. The influence of instrumental responding was assessed by comparing trained Ss with yoked Ss that received a matched reward schedule in the absence of an operant task. Reinforcement sessions resulted in a significant decrease in adrenal secretion at 20 min but not at 5 min, whereas extinction caused a rapid increase in corticosterone levels at 5 min and an even greater elevation at 20 min. Comparison of the operant and yoked Ss showed that this effect of reinforcement and extinction was not dependent on instrumental responding, but rather on the receipt or withdrawal of the expected reward. (21 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
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