Learning and performance as a function of CS-intensity in a delayed GSR conditioning situation.

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REFUTES RAZRAN'S PREDICTION THAT THE AMOUNT OF CONDITIONING IS A FUNCTION OF THE INTENSITY OF THE CS. A DIFFICULTY IN TESTING RAZRAN'S STATEMENT IS HOW TO DISTINGUISH IN EXPERIMENTAL OPERATIONS THE LEARNING COMPONENT AND THE PERFORMANCE COMPONENT OF A GSR. THESE COMPONENTS WERE RECORDED SEPARATELY IN A DELAYED GSR-CONDITIONING PROCEDURE, WITH A 10-SEC CS. THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE CONDITIONED ANTICIPATORY RESPONSES (LATENCY 3-11 SEC.) DID NOT VARY WITH CS INTENSITY; HOWEVER, SENSITIZATION RESPONSES, OCCURRING WITH SHORTER LATENCIES, SHOWED THE EXPECTED INTENSITY EFFECT. IN THE DATA TREATMENT, GSRS WERE EXPRESSED AS LOG C ONLY. IF, HOWEVER, GSRS EXPRESSED AS LOG C WERE CORRECTED FOR CONDUCTANCE CHANGES ON ADAPTATION TRIALS, DISSIMILAR RESULTS WERE TO BE EXPECTED. IT WAS SHOWN, THAT SUCH METHODS OF CORRECTION ARE INAPPROPRIATE IN COMPARISONS OF EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT STIMULUS-INTENSITY CONDITIONS. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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