Drive Generalization

Abstract

68 albino rats were trained in a T-maze to escape electric shock and 71 Ss were trained under food deprivation. After Ss had reached a criterion 35 Ss in the shock group were given one trial under food deprivation, while the other Ss in the group were tested while satiated. Similarly, 35 Ss in the food-deprivation group were satiated after having reached a criterion and tested under shock, while the other Ss in the group were tested satiated without shock. In the test trial, there were no differences between any of the groups in terms of preference for the originally trained arm.