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A COMPARISON OF GSR AND SUBJECTIVE ADAPTATION TO STRESSFUL STIMULI
Author(s) -
Stern Robert M.,
Gaupp Larry,
Leonard William C.
Publication year - 1970
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.1469-8986.1970.tb02271.x
Subject(s) - psychology , adaptation (eye) , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , audiology , shock (circulatory) , arousal , intensity (physics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , neuroscience , physics , artificial intelligence , computer science , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this study was to compare subjective and physiological adaptation, as measured by magnitude of GSRs, to electric shock and auditory noise. In Exp. I, 48 S s received 15 shocks of constant intensity, one subgroup always receiving low shocks and the other high. Subjects were told that shock intensity would vary and rated the intensity of each shock immediately following its presentation. In Exp. II, the same procedure was followed with 50 different S s, using noises instead of shocks. Shock S s showed subjective adaptation but no GSR adaptation. Noise S s showed GSR adaptation with an increase in subjective intensity reports. The importance of anticipation, in terms of level of arousal at the onset of the session, is discussed.