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Arousal response predictions derived from ego psychology
Author(s) -
Michael Judy L.,
Hirt Michael
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1978.tb02471.x
Subject(s) - psychology , arousal , id, ego and super ego , cognitive psychology , ego psychology , psychoanalysis , psychotherapist , social psychology
The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction from ego psychology that excessive stress leads to either a struggling or distancing response. Male subjects, preselected on the R‐S scale, were exposed to an explicit pornographic movie in the presence of a female confederate. Skin conductance levels, self‐report data, and a word association test with double entendre words were the dependent measures. The results indicated that subjects struggle rather than distance themselves when confronted with apparently stressful stimuli.