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PERSONALITY, AWARENESS AND AUTONOMIC CONDITIONING
Author(s) -
Morgenson D. F.,
Martin Irene
Publication year - 1969
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.1469-8986.1969.tb02856.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , conditioning , personality , developmental psychology , contingency , skin conductance , eysenck personality questionnaire , classical conditioning , cognition , cognitive psychology , social psychology , big five personality traits , neuroscience , mathematics , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , biomedical engineering , statistics
The relationship between extraversion and autonomic conditioning was examined in three response systems: skin resistance, pulse rate and pulse volume. A discrimination schedule was employed as suggested by Eysenck (1965), and also as a means of differentiating conditioning effects from pseudoconditioning. S s were afterwards interviewed to assess whether or not they were aware of the CSUCS contingency. Most of the S s (93 out of US) could verbalize the contingency, and evidence of conditioning was clearcut in this group and virtually non‐existent in the unaware group. There were no significant correlations between conditioning and personality in any of the response systems, a finding considered in the light of the overwhelming effect of cognitive factors on the acquisition curve.