Oral Syringe Training Animals: Indiscriminable and Discriminable Punishment Contingencies
Description:
Animals are commonly trained to perform behaviors during routine husbandry procedures. However, some husbandry procedures have aversive consequences when the real procedure is performed. This commonly results in loss of the trained behavior. The present study assessed whether maintaining the antecedent environmental stimulus conditions between appetitive and aversive outcomes would prevent this effect and, conversely, whether adding a stimulus discrepancy would facilitate this effect. Three dom…
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Date:
May 2013
Creator:
Erickson, Emilie Jane
Partner:
UNT Libraries