Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1972
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
Committee Chair
Terry DeVietti
Second Committee Member
Philip Tolin
Third Committee Member
Vaughn Gerald Reed
Abstract
In three experiments using 180 rats, extracts of brain protein were used for interanimal transfer of an avoidance response from donors to recipients. In the first experiment it was found that avoidance learning in donors produced a response transfer, but autonomic arousal did not. The second experiment confirmed these results, and demonstrated a response transfer after a single donor training trial. The third experiment confirmed the results of the first two, and the recipient response strength showed evidence of extinction and spontaneous recovery.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Landgrave Thomas, "Interanimal transfer of a Learned Response Tendency with Control for Autonomic Arousal" (1972). All Master's Theses. 2026.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2026