Beyond the Hunger Drive: Reexamining Clark Hull's Influence on Daniel Berlyne

In two experiments involving 40 albino rats and two dosage levels of morphine sulfate it was found that relatively high analgesic dosages of morphine significantly depressed general activity level in the revolving drum. Also, there was a significant interaction between drug effect and hunger drive. In the case of moderate analgesic doses (7 mg/kg) no systematic effect of morphine on activity-wheel performance was noted.

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3. The Effect of Delayed Incentive on the Hunger Drive in the White Rat (Experiment 2: The Learning Method)

Animal Motivation Experimental Studies on the Albino Rat ◽

10.7312/ward90352-016 ◽

1931 ◽

pp. 455-487

Keyword(s):

Learning Method ◽

Hunger Drive

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Establishment of a conditioned drive based on the hunger drive.

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0060708 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 173-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

James S. Calvin ◽

Elizabeth Ann Bicknell ◽

David S. Sperling

Keyword(s):

Hunger Drive

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Effects of Food Deprivation upon Cue Utilization as Measured by Novelty-Incentive

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/14640747408400406 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 206-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kermit T. Hoyenga ◽

Katharine Blick Hoyenga

Keyword(s):

Food Deprivation ◽

Male Rats ◽

Complex Stimulus ◽

Latent Learning ◽

Cue Utilization ◽

Free Exploration ◽

Incentive Value ◽

Low Levels ◽

Complex Goal ◽

Hunger Drive

A series of three experiments was done to test the hypothesis that high levels of food deprivation would adversely affect cue utilization from a complex stimulus goal as tested by its novelty-incentive value when that goal was later opposed to food for hungry subjects in a T-maze. It was found that the hunger drive level under which the male rats had originally experienced the complex stimulus goal determined its later incentive value, whether the original experience was in a latent learning type II situation (Experiment I, 20 subjects), a drive-shift situation (Experiment II, 40 subjects), or a free exploration situation (Experiment III, 30 subjects). In each experiment, having first experienced the complex goal under low levels of deprivation significantly decreased the frequency of choices of that goal in a later test relative to the performance of the more deprived animals. The data was interpreted as indicating that utilization of cues, in the sense of input and possibly retention of information, was hindered by the higher levels of deprivation.

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