21 rats were tested in a shuttle box in which crossing terminated distinctive cues. Experimental Ss which had previously been exposed to these same cues paired with frustrative nonreward crossed significantly more times than controls. These results were interpreted as supporting the position that stimuli associated with frustrative nonreward may come to elicit a learned drive of conditioned frustration.
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