THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ‘CONFLICT’ AND ‘EXPERIMENTAL NEUROSIS’¹

Effects of stress on goal setting behavior.

“…In the psychological literature the former condition has frequently been referred to by the generic term, "frustration," and the latter by "conflict." Experimental studies have shown that exposure of a variety of living organisms to either of the conditions may indeed produce behavior disorders (Russell, 1950); however, distortions of 1 The research was conducted at the Department of Psychology, University College, London, England. We wish to express our appreciation to A. R. Jonckheere and A. Summerfield for their critical examination of our methods for analyzing results of the study and to the Headmaster of the school whose very kind cooperation facilitated the collection of our data.…”

‘Abnormal Behaviour’ Induced by Nitrous Oxide

“…As Russell (1950) has pointed out, one of the most urgent requirements for progress in the field of experimental psychopathology is the development of appropriate measuring instruments for the various behaviour manifestations themselves. But even if further investigation were to show that the resemblance is merely superficial, the use of drugs may still have methodological convenience.…”

“…But even if further investigation were to show that the resemblance is merely superficial, the use of drugs may still have methodological convenience. As Russell (1950) has pointed out, one of the most urgent requirements for progress in the field of experimental psychopathology is the development of appropriate measuring instruments for the various behaviour manifestations themselves. By enabling overtly similar manifestations to be produced artificially in the laboratory, drugs are an obvious aid to such research.…”

Stimulus-Response Conflict Tasks and Their Use in Clinical Psychology

“…In a somewhat similar vein, behavioristic psychologists used the notion of conflict among several conditioned or unconditioned responses to account for complex overt behavior (e.g., 'conflict theories' of 'experimental neurosis', cf. [2].…”