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999996

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
There are clear sex differences in incidence of phobias for small animals, and in questionnaire-measured fear for animals. The present study examined whether these sex differences were reflected also in electrodermal conditioning to potentially phobic stimuli. Separate groups of males and females were exposed to a conditioning session involving either potentially phobic, snakes and spiders, or fear-irrelevant, flowers and mushrooms, conditioned stimuli with electric shock as the unconditioned stimulus. A long interstimulus interval differential paradigm was used, allowing analysis of first- and second interval anticipatory responses, and third-interval omission responses. There were 8 habituation trials, 16 acquisition trials and 40 extinction trials. Half of the trials involved the reinforced cue, and the other half the unreinforced cue. There were clear conditioning effects, with superior acquisition and resistance to extinction to the phobic as compared to the fear-irrelevant stimuli. However, there were no differences between the two sexes. The results were interpreted in terms of the preparedness theory of phobias, and in terms of social learning factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0301-0511
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Electrodermal conditioning to potentially phobic stimuli in male and female subjects.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article