Postshock crouching: Familiarity with the shock situation

Abstract

Two groups of rats were given seven brief foot shocks at 1 h intervals. The Ss who had been placed in the shock situations 24 h before shock crouched less after the second and all succeeding shocks than the group which had only 1/2 h habituation to the shock situation, thus indicating that the cues of the shock situation influence postshock crouching. © 1968, Psychonomic Journals. All rights reserved.