The consistency of psychological defenses against threat.

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"Twenty-four Ss were selected from a previous experiment performed by Eriksen on the basis of extreme tendencies to show superior recall of successful tasks on the one hand . . . and superior recall of failed tasks . . . on the other. These Ss learned 10 pairs of nonsense syllables to a criterion of one perfect recitation. Half of the pairs were followed by electric shock regardless of whether the Ss' anticipation was correct or not. A schedule of one-third partial reinforcement was used. The other half of the syllables were never shocked. The learning, recall, and relearning of the shock and non-shock syllables were compared for the two groups of Ss." The findings are interpreted as evidence of a consistent ego-defense process reflected in selective recall. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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