Effects of shock intensity and duration on the frequency of biting attack by squirrel monkeys
- PMID: 4965986
- PMCID: PMC1338451
- DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1968.11-83
Effects of shock intensity and duration on the frequency of biting attack by squirrel monkeys
Abstract
Squirrel monkeys were periodically exposed to brief tail-shocks in the presence of a rubber tube connected to a pneumatic switch. Biting attack upon this tube was found to be a decreasing function of time since shock delivery and a direct function of shock intensity and duration. These results parallel findings in investigations employing more "naturalistic" social situations, indicating that attack against the inanimate and animate environment is a direct function of the intensity of an aversive stimulus. The results also demonstrate that frequency of biting attack as a datum is sensitive to several experimental manipulations.
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