Practicing the two disciplines for relaxation and enlightenment: Comment on "Role of the feedback signal in electromyograph biofeedback: The relevance of attention" by Qualls and Sheehan.

1 January 1981

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Vol. 110 (2) , 217-226
https://doi.org/10.1037//0096-3445.110.2.217

Abstract

Suggests that P. J. Qualls and P. W. Sheehan's (see record 1982-03044-001) finding of a disordinal Personality Trait × Treatment interaction underscores the indispensability of both disciplines of scientific psychology for the study of some important phenomena. Using absorption, the trait studied by Qualls and Sheehan as an example, it is shown how an empirically corroborated interactive trait concept can be used as a source of ideas for further Trait × Treatment studies and for pure experimentation. Specifically, a distinction is proposed between 2 hypothetical mental sets: experiential (respondent) and instrumental (operant). (33 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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