20 male hooded rats, pretrained to nose-poke at a high rate for food, were given passive avoidance training to criterion at one of 2 body weights, and then assessed under the pretraining arrangements. Rate of responding at 70% body weight was higher during passive avoidance and during assessment showed stronger passive avoidance than the 90% group. Data support a dual-component or ‘conflict’ formulation of phobic behavior.
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