Results from Experiment 2 comparing avoidance responses to obtain a response-produced safety signal relative to avoidance responding to obtain a new signal which only differs in color. (A) Training data depicting avoidance responses to the CSs+ and CSs−. Each block contains three trials. Participants made more responses to the CSs+ across blocks compared to the CSs−. (B) Test data comparing avoidance responses to Gabor that was followed by the trained signal versus responses to the new signal. Participants made a similar number of avoidance responses to obtain the trained safety signal and the new signal. Error bars depict standard error of the mean.
