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ERIC Number: EJ151751
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Learned Helplessness in the Rat: Retention and Immunization
And Others; Hannum, Robert D.
Developmental Psychology, 12, 5, 449-454, Sep 76
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, Depression (Psychology), Early Childhood Education, Environmental Influences, Helplessness, Locus of Control, Personality Development
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