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EGO STRENGTH AND RESPONSE STEREOTYPY
Author(s) -
Roessler Robert,
Greenfield N.S.,
Alexander A. A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1964.tb03229.x
Subject(s) - stereotypy , psychology , id, ego and super ego , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , neuroscience , amphetamine , dopamine
The incidence of specificity and stereotypy was examined among 36 Ss'responses to six intensities of a 1000‐cps tone. It was found that stereotypy occurred in 26 of the 36 Ss and was significantly less frequent among subjects in an intermediate range of ego strength. When a significant hierarchical patterning of ranks was found (stereotypy), there was marked individual variation in the order of ranks among physiological variables and the order was not related to ego strength. Specificity of response was less frequent, occurring in 16 of the 36 Ss. There was significantly more specificity in a high ego strength group as compared to middle and low Ea groups. Specificity occurred most frequently on heart rate but not significantly more frequently.