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SIGNIFICANCE AND RELIABILITY OF SHOCK‐INDUCED CHANGES IN BASAL SKIN CONDUCTANCE
Author(s) -
Jones B. E.,
Ayres J. J. B.
Publication year - 1966
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.1469-8986.1966.tb02661.x
Subject(s) - skin conductance , psychology , basal (medicine) , reliability (semiconductor) , conductance , shock (circulatory) , zoology , audiology , chemistry , medicine , mathematics , physics , biomedical engineering , thermodynamics , biology , power (physics) , combinatorics , insulin
Once weekly for 5 weeks, 15 adult male postaddicts were given 12 to 15 shocks of 5.0 to 8.0 ma. Basal skin conductance (BSC) was recorded during the 25‐min weekly sessions. Increases in BSC during each session and the week‐to‐week reliabilities of the increases were determined. After the first week, subsequent increases showed reliability coefficients which ranged from 0.69 to 0.95 (P < 0.01). The reliabilities of the increases in BSC produced by shock were considered favorable for the use of change in BSC as a dependent variable in designs requiring repeated measurements on the same S s at weekly intervals.