Date of Award

Spring 1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Stephen B. Klein

Committee Member

Barbara A. Winstead

Committee Member

Peter J. Mikulka

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65H54

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the association of foods of different levels of palatability and environmental events present during eating. Rats were exposed to different. foods in a start box and then allowed to run to a goal box containing food of a lesser or equal palatability. All animals showed a decrease in latency to eat in the start box and an increase in the amount of food consumed in the start box, with no significant differences in treatment groups at the end of conditioning. Although all groups, including the control group did run faster and eat more over days of conditioning, there were no significant differences in the motivation of the animals to run to food or the amount of food consumed in the goal box, as a function of the conditioning food. Apparently there were no lasting significant effects of the differences in palatability on the conditioning of hunger. These observations are discussed in terms of other literature showing an inconsistency of positive evidence for conditioned hunger.

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DOI

10.25777/my67-p248

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