Publication Date
8-1976
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Leroy Metze, James Craig, Retta Poe
Degree Program
Department of Psychology
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
In an experiment which investigated the effects of stress on the Protestant Ethic Effect (PEE) 12 Wistar rats were trained for 20 days to barpress for their total water intake. Following training the rats were divided into two groups and were allowed to choose between barpressing for a 10% sucrose solution and consuming a freely available sucrose solution under either stress or nonstress conditions. Stress was defined as a .01 cc per 36g body weight injection of norepinephrine. The stress and nonstress conditions were counterbalanced during the choice session. Regardless of stress order both groups preferred the free over the earned solution. The preference for the free reinforce is discussed in terms of strain of rat used in the experiment as well as the physiological effects of norepinephrine.
Disciplines
Applied Behavior Analysis | Experimental Analysis of Behavior | Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Mirabelle, Peter, "The Effects of a Sympathiomimetric Stressor on the Protestant Ethic Effect in Rats" (1976). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 2067.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/2067