In a “double alley” study the intensity of the frustration effect was dependent upon the prior development of fractional anticipatory goal responses in the first alley. A group maintained on 50% reinforcement in Goal Box 1 showed the frustration effect with run speeds, then with goal speeds in the second alley.
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