The Role of the Cs and Avoidance Period Duration in Discriminated Avoidance Conditioning

In an experiment investigating the effect of CS duration on discriminated bar-press conditioning, subjects were assigned to one warning period duration (1.5, 5.0 or 15.0 sec.) on the first day of avoidance training, and to one of the three durations on the second day of training. On each day avoidance behaviour was greatly influenced by the duration of the CS (warning) period, but the duration on day I had no effect on the second day's avoidance performance. Groups receiving no CS during training, although provided an avoidance contingency, showed little conditioning, but produced highly significant amounts of intertrial responding. In a second experiment, subjects receiving CS on day I were shifted to no CS on day II. Avoidance performance on day II was not significantly different from the day II performance of subjects in Experiment I having two training sessions with the CS present or absent on both days.

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Children’s selective attention to pain and avoidance behaviour: The role of child and parental catastrophizing about pain

Pain ◽

10.1016/j.pain.2013.05.052 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 154 (10) ◽

pp. 1979-1988 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Tine Vervoort ◽

Zina Trost ◽

Dimitri M.L. Van Ryckeghem

Keyword(s):

Selective Attention ◽

Avoidance Behaviour ◽

Attention To Pain

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Sensation seeking and neuroticism in fear conditioning and extinction: The role of avoidance behaviour

Behaviour Research and Therapy ◽

10.1016/j.brat.2020.103761 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 103761

Author(s):

Julina A. Rattel ◽

Stephan F. Miedl ◽

Michael Liedlgruber ◽

Jens Blechert ◽

Esther Seidl ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fear Conditioning ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Avoidance Behaviour

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Adolescent fear of crime: Testing Ferraro’s risk interpretation model

European Journal of Criminology ◽

10.1177/1477370818788014 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 746-766 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eva Krulichová ◽

Zuzana Podaná

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Fear Of Crime ◽

Avoidance Behaviour ◽

Substantial Part ◽

Parental Supervision ◽

Neighbourhood Environment ◽

Adolescent Risk ◽

Using Data ◽

Interpretation Model

The aim of this study is to broaden the scope of knowledge on fear of crime by examining if Ferraro’s risk interpretation model of fear of crime also holds true for the adolescent population. Using data on approximately 1500 Czech students in middle and grammar school, we test three different models. First, the classic model of fear of crime, applied originally to adults, is estimated. Second, the role of perceived school disorganization is examined, taking into account that adolescents spend a substantial part of the day at school. Finally, we propose an extension of Ferraro’s model by considering parental supervision as a factor influencing adolescent fear of crime through risk perception and avoidance behaviour. The results indicate that Ferraro’s original model of fear of crime can be appropriately applied to both adults and adolescents. Nevertheless, adolescent risk perception, which remains the most influential determinant of individual fear, seems to be influenced by stimuli stemming from the school rather than the neighbourhood environment. Furthermore, the relationship between parental supervision and fear of crime is mediated by avoidance behaviour, while no direct effect of parental supervision on risk perception and fear of crime was found in the data.

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Role of facial expression in "cooperative-avoidance conditioning" in monkeys.

Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology ◽

10.1037/h0044018 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 24-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Robert E. Miller ◽

James H., Jr. Banks ◽

Nobuya Ogawa

Keyword(s):

Facial Expression ◽

Avoidance Conditioning

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The role of the CS and its relationship to the CR in avoidance conditioning

Learning and Motivation ◽

10.1016/0023-9690(71)90044-0 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 12-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Michael Cassady ◽

Michael Cole ◽

Michael Hall ◽

Timothy Williams

Keyword(s):

Avoidance Conditioning

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Predator avoidance behaviour in wild and hatchery-reared brown trout: the role of experience and domestication

Journal of Fish Biology ◽

10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.00267.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

pp. 1565-1577 ◽

Cited By ~ 128

Author(s):

D. Álvarez ◽

A. G. Nicieza

Keyword(s):

Brown Trout ◽

Predator Avoidance ◽

Avoidance Behaviour

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The role of performance factors in the active avoidance-conditioning deficit in autoimmune mice.

Behavioral Neuroscience ◽

10.1037/0735-7044.110.3.486 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 110 (3) ◽

pp. 486-491 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Lisa M. Schrott ◽

Linda S. Crnic

Keyword(s):

Avoidance Conditioning ◽

Active Avoidance ◽

Performance Factors ◽

Active Avoidance Conditioning

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Tackling Fearful Avoidance using Counterconditioning: A Causal Test for the Role of Appetitive Motivation in Fearful Avoidance Behaviour

10.31234/osf.io/h85ay ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Iris van de Pavert ◽

Anneloes M. Hulsman ◽

Karin Roelofs ◽

Floris Klumpers

Keyword(s):

Anxiety Disorders ◽

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Current Treatment ◽

Avoidance Behaviour ◽

Healthy Group ◽

Appetitive Motivation ◽

Approach Avoidance ◽

Central Symptom

Anxiety disorders are prevalent in the population and costly for society, while current treatment is not effective in all individuals. A central symptom of anxiety is avoidance behaviour, with excessive avoidance being predictive of poor clinical outcomes. Appetitive motivation could play a role in decreasing avoidance behaviour by increasing the positive valuation of the feared object. The current study used an approach-avoidance conflict paradigm to measure costly avoidance behaviour in a healthy group of 22 participants. During counterconditioning training one stimulus was followed by eating a tasty snack (CS+), while another was never followed by an outcome (CS-). Results indicated that the CC-training was effective in reducing negative valuation and decreasing avoidance behaviour for the CS+. This study showed the importance of appetitive motivation for avoidance behaviour, suggesting that treatment may benefit from focussing on increasing appetitive motivation to overcome avoidance.

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