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Gluck, John P.; Sackett, Gene P. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Rhesus monkeys were reared in total isolation, in partial isolation, or under normal conditions with access to mothers and peers. Each group was compared on the rate of acquisition of a simple operant response. (GO)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Conditioning, Disadvantaged Environment, Infants

And Others; Hannum, Robert D. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Inescapable shock given to weanling rats produced large deficits in adult escape behavior. Experience with escapable shock while a weanling immunizes the animal against the deficits produced by inescapable shock received as an adult. Implications of these findings for animal models of human depression are discussed. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning