Abstract
Recent findings suggesting that an animal's initial response to novel objects is one of avoidance casts doubt on explanations of exploratory behavior as a separate drive. The hypothesis was developed that exploratory activity is a learned response to novelty. 60 male hooded rats were subjected to various deprivation and reinforcement conditions in an open-field apparatus. The results support the hypothesis.
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