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EFFECTS OF OPERANT REINFORCEMENT ON THE GSR 1
Author(s) -
Mandler George,
Toronto University of,
Preven David W.,
Kuhlman Clementina K.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1962.5-317
Subject(s) - reinforcement , operant conditioning , psychology , skin conductance , conditioning , extinction (optical mineralogy) , audiology , developmental psychology , social psychology , medicine , physics , statistics , mathematics , biomedical engineering , optics
Each of nine S s was run for 11 daily sessions. Except for the first (operant level) and last two (extinction) sessions, 500‐ohm drops in skin resistance were followed by reinforcement (light). These reinforcement periods lasted 20 min and were preceded by 10‐min control periods during which no reinforcement was administered. Although the results showed no evidence for operant conditioning of the GSR, they did indicate that increased emission of GSR's occurred during the reinforcement period. This effect was shown to hold for S s with low operant levels of GSR's but not for S s with high operant levels.