Abstract:The present study was concerned with the effects of conflict type and shock stress on arousal and conflict resolution. Subjects were randomly assigned to either stress (random shock) or non‐stress conditions. Each subject was exposed to three trials of each of the four Lewinian conflict types and three control trials, interspersed among additional non‐conflict trials. Resolution performance was assessed in terms of speed of resolution and error frequency. Phasic electrodermal responsivity served as a measure o… Show more
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