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After being trained in a straight alley for 100% food reward, 12 female albino rats were tested in a double straight alley in pairs on a random 50% schedule of reinforcement. At the end of a 30-sec. interval in the goal box, the Ss were allowed free access to one another for an additional 60 sec., during which time, measures of aggression were taken according to the Klein-Hall scale of aggressiveness. Significantly more overt aggression occurred following nonreinforced trials than after reinforced trials. With a few reservations, the results are interpreted as lending support to the notion of frustrative nonreward in partial reinforcement situations.
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An Erratum for this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03343104
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03343104.
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Gallup, G.G. Aggression in rats as a function of frustrative nonreward in a straight alley. Psychon Sci 3, 99–100 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03343040
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