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Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade By Propranolol Enhances Retention In A Multitrial Passive-Avoidance Procedure, Allen M. Schneider, Nancy Koven , '98, Kimberly A. Lombardo , '98, Dimitriy A. Levin , '01, Peter E. Simson , '78
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade By Propranolol Enhances Retention In A Multitrial Passive-Avoidance Procedure, Allen M. Schneider, Nancy Koven , '98, Kimberly A. Lombardo , '98, Dimitriy A. Levin , '01, Peter E. Simson , '78
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The effect of beta -adrenergic receptor blockade on retention in a mildly aversive passive-avoidance procedure was investigated. Rats were given passive-avoidance training-1 trial per day for 4 days-and were administered saline, the centrally and peripherally acting beta -adrenergic blocker propranolol (4 or 10 mg/kg ip), or the peripherally acting P-adrenergic blocker sotalol (4 or 10 mg/kg ip) immediately or 2 hr after the Ist trial. Enhanced retention occurred only with the higher dose (10 mg/kg) of propranolol and only when it was administered immediately after training. The enhanced retention produced by propranolol is discussed in terms of opposing, regionally specific …
From Helplessness To Hope: The Seminal Career Of Martin Seligman, S. F. Maier, C. Peterson, Barry Schwartz
From Helplessness To Hope: The Seminal Career Of Martin Seligman, S. F. Maier, C. Peterson, Barry Schwartz
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Provides a background to the history of research on learned helplessness and learned optimism, as well as M. Seligman's own involvement in these areas. The development of research in this area also illustrates two other important lessons in how science actually proceeds. First, it is often difficult to predict at the outset where research will lead. Work on learned helplessness began in the animal laboratory and for several years was directed at deep theoretical issues in the psychology of learning and not at depression, academic achievement, and other significant human phenomenon. And second, the history of learned helplessness research demonstrates …
The Science Of Optimism And Hope: Research Essays In Honor Of Martin E. P. Seligman, Jane Gillham
The Science Of Optimism And Hope: Research Essays In Honor Of Martin E. P. Seligman, Jane Gillham
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From Identity To Relational Politics, Kenneth J. Gergen
From Identity To Relational Politics, Kenneth J. Gergen
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Technology, Self, And The Moral Project, Kenneth J. Gergen
Technology, Self, And The Moral Project, Kenneth J. Gergen
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Therapy, Feminist, Jeanne Marecek
Miller, Jean Baker (B. 1927), Jeanne Marecek
Miller, Jean Baker (B. 1927), Jeanne Marecek
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Promoting Hope In Children And Adolescents, A. Shatté, Jane Gillham, K. J. Reivich
Promoting Hope In Children And Adolescents, A. Shatté, Jane Gillham, K. J. Reivich
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Pitfalls On The Road To A Positive Psychology Of Hope, Barry Schwartz
Pitfalls On The Road To A Positive Psychology Of Hope, Barry Schwartz
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Visual Adaptation, Frank H. Durgin
The Reverse Stroop Effect, Frank H. Durgin
The Reverse Stroop Effect, Frank H. Durgin
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Am I A Woman In These Matters? Notes On Sinhala Nationalism And Gender In Sri Lanka, Jeanne Marecek
Am I A Woman In These Matters? Notes On Sinhala Nationalism And Gender In Sri Lanka, Jeanne Marecek
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