The relation between physiological measures of emotionality and performance in eyelid conditioning.
- 1 May 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Vol. 57 (5) , 329-332
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0041579
Abstract
90 Ss were given 15 air puff alone trials, on the last 10 of which pulse rate changes and skin conductance changes were measured. All were then given 80 conditioning trials. The difference in conditioning performance between a nonemotional group and an emotional group selected by combining z scores approached significance, while the emotional group selected on single measures showed significantly higher performance than the nonemotional group. The results were interpreted as supporting a hypothesis which related drive level to emotional responsiveness.Keywords
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