Nonspecific activity and habituation of tonic and phasic skin conductance in somatic complainers and controls as a function of auditory stimulus intensity.

Dickinson, Joe R.; Smith, Barry D.

doi:10.1037/h0035352

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“…The decrement may have been due, in part, to a practice effect which occurred with repeated exposure to both conflict and non-conflict stimuli. It is also supportive of considerable theory and research showing that the repetition of any of a variety of forms of stimulation leads to habituation (Sokolov, 1963;Thompson & Spencer, 1966;Dickinson & Smith, 1973;Wigglesworth & Smith, 1976;Smith & Council, 1978;Smith & Wigglesworth, 1978). It is of particular interest to note that habituation did take place in the present study, even under the combined stress of conflict and shock.…”

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Effects of stress and conflict difficulty on arousal and conflict resolution

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Principato²

1982

British J of Psychology

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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 of arousal. Results supported several hypotheses. It was found that both stress and conflict increased the magnitude of electrodermal responses and that larger responses occurred under more difficult conflicts. In addition, increased conflict difficulty produced lower speeds, and stress increased errors. Finally, stress caused a greater increase in error frequency on conflict than on control trials. Results were discussed in terms of arousal and stress hypotheses found in the theories of Lewin and Dollard & Miller.

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Effects of stress and conflict difficulty on arousal and conflict resolution

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1982

British J of Psychology

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“…The fact that habituation rate differentiated among the conflict types is of particular interest, since it confirms that the conflicts are differentiable in terms of complexity and consequent arousal. This conclusion is based on previous research showing that higher stimulus intensities, which increase arousal, produce slower habituation (James & Hughes, 1969;Dickinson & Smith, 1973;Edwards, 1975). The double approach-avoidance conflict in the present study showed virtually no habituation at all, suggesting that it is a very intense conflict.…”

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Effects of conflict and field structure on arousal and motor responses

Smith¹,

Principato²

1983

British J of Psychology

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Psychodynamic, learning and field theories have postulated that conflict increases arousal. Lewin has further suggested that more difficult conflicts produce proportionately greater arousal increments and that arousal is also a function of field structure, hypotheses that are consistent with optimal level theory. Moreover, studies involving open conflict fields and those involving maze fields differ importantly in findings. The present study measured both arousal and motor responses as a function of conflict type and field structure. Using paper-and-pencil fields, subjects performed under four different types of conflict and a control condition. Results showed that arousal increased significantly with increasing conflict complexity and were habitual over repeated trials, though arousal did not differentiate field conditions. Response speed was higher in the open field than in the maze field, and the relative speeds of the several conflict types varied as a function of field condition. In addition, speed increased over trials, but the rate of increase was greater for some conflicts than others. Response adequacy was greater in the open field than in the maze field condition, and response mode differentiated significantly between field types on early trials. Relevant results were partially supportive of hypotheses derived from optimal level and Lewinian theories. ~~~~

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Case Formulations of Chronic Headaches

Adams

1985

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Nonspecific activity and habituation of tonic and phasic skin conductance in somatic complainers and controls as a function of auditory stimulus intensity.

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

Effects of stress and conflict difficulty on arousal and conflict resolution

Effects of stress and conflict difficulty on arousal and conflict resolution

Effects of conflict and field structure on arousal and motor responses

Case Formulations of Chronic Headaches

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