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. 1967 Sep;10(5):439–449. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1967.10-439

A comparison of the punishing effects of response-produced shock and response-produced time out1

D E McMillan
PMCID: PMC1338408  PMID: 4963564

Abstract

Electric shock and time out were compared as punishers in the squirrel monkey. At the parameters investigated, both suppressed responding to about the same degree. Scheduling punishment intermittently or administering pentobarbital reduced the effectiveness of both punishers. The effects of the punishers were different in that responding suppressed by shock recovered more within a session than responding suppressed by time out. Responding was suppressed after some shock-punishment components, but less often after time-out–punishment components. The similarities of the two punishers were more striking than the differences.

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