Preference for Warned Shock: Information and/or Preparation
- 1 February 1967
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 20 (1) , 271-274
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1967.20.1.271
Abstract
Human Ss preferred warned shock to unwarned shock when the warning signal contained 2 bits of information (25% shock) but not when it was redundant, i.e., 0 bits (100% shock). Rated strength of preference was also related to the information contained in the warning.Keywords
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