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The Effects Of Awareness On Generalization And Incubation, Edward R. Lyon
The Effects Of Awareness On Generalization And Incubation, Edward R. Lyon
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the effects of awareness on experimentally induced anxiety. Forty college undergraduates were conditioned with a mild electric shock as the UCS (unconditioned stimulus) and a tone a s the CS (conditioned stimulus). After conditioning, the experimental group was taught to discriminate between the CS and six other tones which were both higher and lower in frequency than the CS. The control group was not given these learning trials. After learning to discriminate the tones, the experimental subjects had a higher GSR (Galvanic Skin Response) to the seven tones as compared to the …