Abstract
Self-punitive locomotor behavior was studied by means of a within-Ss design. Following shock-escape training, rats were shocked in the middle of the runway on only half their extinction trials. One tone was presented on shock trials and another on nonshock trials. In opposition to a discrimination hypothesis, starting speeds as well as running speeds in every runway section, both preceding and following shock, were faster on shock trials than on nonshock trials. The data support the notion that enhancing the distinctiveness of punishment conditions may augment rather than weaken self-punitive behavior.
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