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PERCEPTUAL SENSITIZATION, RESPONSE SUPPRESSION, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Author(s) -
CAINE T. M.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1966.tb01030.x
Subject(s) - hostility , psychology , psychopathology , perception , test (biology) , sensitization , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , neuroscience , paleontology , biology
A sentence‐building test is described which elicits (i) ‘acting out hostility’ versus ‘neutral’ responses; (ii) ‘projected hostility’ versus ‘neutral’; (iii) ‘guilt’ versus ‘neutral’; (iv) ‘neutral’ versus ‘neutral’ responses. The test is composed of sets of sixteen items each, covering each of these four areas. Under two conditions of administration, one of which facilitates response suppression, normals were found to suppress the emotionally toned material in all areas. The psychotics suppressed emotionally toned material, when the conditions of administration provided opportunity, in an area not related to their psychopathology (the ‘acting out hostility’ area). The implications for psychological testing situations are discussed.