ILLUSORY CORRELATION, ONLINE PROBABILITY ESTIMATES, AND ELECTRODERMAL RESPONDING IN A (QUASI)-CONDITIONING PARADIGM

被引:15
作者
DEJONG, PJ
MERCKELBACH, H
ARNTZ, A
机构
[1] STATE UNIV LIMBURG,DEPT EXPTL PSYCHOPATHOL MENTAL HLTH SCI,6200 MD MAASTRICHT,NETHERLANDS
[2] STATE UNIV LIMBURG,DEPT MED PSYCHOL,6200 MD MAASTRICHT,NETHERLANDS
关键词
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; ILLUSORY CORRELATION; PHOBIA;
D O I
10.1016/0301-0511(90)90034-T
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Twenty normal subjects were exposed to two series of two different slides randomly paired with the occurrence or non-occurrence of shock. The first series started with a greater number of pairings of one slide with shock ("target slide") than the other to induce an illusory correlation (IC). Meanwhile, across all trials shock/slide contingency was equal for both slides. During the second series, a truly random sequence of slide-shock trials was used in order to examine whether IC was resistant to disconfirmational information. Subjects' contingency estimates were recorded a posteriori as well as on-line. In addition, electrodermal responding was recorded on a trial-by-trial basis. Data show that it is possible to induce an IC between a neutral stimulus and an aversive outcome by means of a conditioning-like procedure. Moreover, data strongly suggest that an IC can act in such a way as to maintain or enhance covariation bias as indexed by on-line probability estimates. Finally, data sustain the hypothesis that a covariation bias is associated with differential autonomic responding.
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页码:201 / 212
页数:12
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