Frustration and sexual behavior in male rats

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作者：
Esteban Freidin [1 ]
Alba E. Mustaca [2 ]
机构：
[1] Universidad de Buenos Aires,
[2] IIM “A. Lanari”-Psicología Experimental y Aplicada,undefined
来源：
Learning & Behavior | 2004年 / 32卷 / 3期
关键词：
Sexual Behavior; Sexual Performance; Extinction Trial; Chronic Mild Unpredictable Stress; Ejaculation Latency;
D O I：
10.3758/BF03196030
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摘要：
Frustration is an emotional state produced by the surprising omission in quantity and/or quality of an appetitive reinforcer. The aversive properties of stressors, such as electric shocks, produce responses similar to those elicited by a state of frustration. In this set of three experiments, we assessed the effects of water immersion (WIM, in Experiment 1)—that is, a physical stressor—and first (in Experiments 1 and 2) and second trials of a consummatory extinction (cE; i.e., a surprising reward omission; in Experiment 3) on the sexual behavior of male rats, as compared with nonstressed animals. The results showed a sexual deficit in the animals subjected to either WIM or cE, relative to control subjects, although these experimental conditions differed in the component of the male sexual response that was affected. The present results accord with the fear = frustration hypothesis, and with Amsel’s frustration theory.
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