| Abstract: | Exp I demonstrated the formation of a discriminated punishment effect in the absence of a conditioned emotional response. Electric shocks were delivered at random intervals to 3 naive male White Carneaux pigeons pecking for food on a variable-interval schedule. During a 1-min visual conditioned stimulus (CS), scheduled shocks were delayed until a response occurred (punishment). Differential suppression to the CS was observed in addition to overall suppression. Suppression was related to shock intensity. In Exp II with the same Ss, CS suppression was related to the CS and was not an artifact of response pattern or discrimination of shock patterns. The punishment contingency without the CS did not suppress behavior, and the CS without the punishment contingency did not relieve suppression. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
