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An Analysis of Gaze in Schizophrenics
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS EDERYN
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1974.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - gaze , psychology , stimulus (psychology) , avoidance behaviour , cognitive psychology , avoidance learning , developmental psychology , neuroscience , psychoanalysis
Two possible theoretical explanations of schizophrenic gaze‐avoidance are considered. The first supposes that it is due to stimulus‐avoidance, while the second considers it to be specifically person‐avoidance. An experiment designed to distinguish between these explanations is reported, and it is considered that the findings correspond more closely to the person‐avoidance than the stimulus‐avoidance explanation.