EXPECTANCY MODELS OF LABORATORY PREPAREDNESS EFFECTS - A UCS-EXPECTANCY BIAS IN PHYLOGENETIC AND ONTOGENIC FEAR-RELEVANT STIMULI

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HONEYBOURNE, C [1 ]
MATCHETT, G [1 ]
DAVEY, GCL [1 ]
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[1] CITY UNIV LONDON,DEPT SOCIAL SCI,DIV PSYCHOL,NORTHAMPTON SQ,LONDON EC1V 0HB,ENGLAND
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10.1016/S0005-7894(05)80267-9
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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The present study adopted a threat conditioning procedure in order to assess trial-by-trial changes in UCS expectancy during phylogenetically fear-relevant stimuli (snakes and spiders), ontogenetically fear-relevant stimuli (handguns and electricity outlets), and fear-irrelevant stimuli (landscapes and flowers). The results demonstrated that (a) ontogenetically fear-relevant stimuli exhibited a UCS-expectancy bias which was not significantly different to that found with phylogenetically fear-relevant stimuli, but which was significantly greater than that found with fear-irrelevant stimuli; and (b) this UCS-expectancy bias was translated into greater magnitude SCRs during some stages of the experiment. The results are discussed in terms of an expectancy model of laboratory preparedness effects.
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