Dogs previously exposed to yoked inescapable shock showed substantial interference with later escape learning. The authors interpreted this as learned helplessness: learning that responding and shock termination were independent.
We have proposed that S learned as a consequence of inescapable shock that its responding was independent of shock termination, and therefore the probability of response initiation during shock decreased.
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Dogs previously exposed to yoked inescapable shock showed substantial interference with later escape learning. The authors interpreted this as learned helplessness: learning that responding and shock termination were independent. Bearing on the claim: supports. Verification note: This supports the original behavioral finding and theoretical interpretation; R1-04 documents the later reversal of that mechanism.