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A theory of behavioral generality and specificity during mild stress
Author(s) -
Guttman Louis,
Guttman Ruth
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 0005-7940
DOI - 10.1002/bs.3830210602
Subject(s) - generality , space (punctuation) , sentence , psychology , emotional stress , cognitive psychology , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine , psychotherapist , operating system
A definitional system is given for the concepts of generality and specificity for behavioral variables, relating to signs and sizes of their intercorrelations. In particular, a mapping sentence is provided for defining the universe of observations for emotional behavior of mice under mild stress. Its three content facets are: (a) the temporal features of frequency, latency, and duration, (b) type of control, autonomic or voluntary, and (c) the experimental situation, the apparatus. Data from three studies published previously by other authors are analyzed by Smallest Space Analysis (ssa‐I). In each case, the smallest space is found to be partitioned into contiguous regions corresponding to the elements of the three facets.