False feedback and longevity of the conditioned GSR during extinction: Some implications for aversion therapy.

Koenig, Karl P.; Castillo, David Del

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“…More directly relevant to misattribution procedures are the studies concerned with the effects of "false feedback" upon extinction rates. Subjects led to believe that their physiological responses remained constant from acquisition through extinction showed increased resistance to extinction (Koenig & Del Castillo, 1969). By contrast, very rapid extinction resulted when false feedback suggested a precipitous decline in response from acquisition to extinction (Koenig & Henrikson, 1974).…”

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Effects of misattribution of arousal upon the acquisition and extinction of a conditioned emotional response.

Loftis¹,

Ross²

1974

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Two experiments were conducted to demonstrate that misattribution procedures can alter subjects' physiological response to a conditioned source of fear or arousal. Experiment 1 demonstrated that extinction of a conditioned galvanic skin response is facilitated when subjects are led to attribute their arousal to a loud white noise present continuously throughout extinction. In Experiment 2 a similar misattribution manipulation was introduced during acquisition. No effect of the manipulation was apparent during acquisition, but misattribution subjects showed fewer responses than control subjects during extinction, when the misattribution source had been terminated. The results suggest that self-perception and attribution processes may play an important role in the maintenance of emotional response.

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Effects of misattribution of arousal upon the acquisition and extinction of a conditioned emotional response.

Loftis¹,

Ross²

1974

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…It is possible that the instructions to the subjects in the present study neutralized the expected results. Koenig and Del Castillo (1969) and Wickens, Allen, and Hill (1963) studied the influence of instructional set on extinction behavior and reported that instructions to subjects which indicated "no more shock" generally accelerated the extinction process without producing immediate extinction.…”

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Individual differences in electrodermal response conditioning and self-report of discomfort: A phobia analogue

Deitz

1982

Psychobiology

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The present study was designed as an analogue to the acquisition and extinction of a classically conditioned phobic response. Thirty electrodennally labile and 30 electrodennally stabile nonphobic male undergraduates were assigned randomly to one of two experimental conditions, utilizing either "prepared" or "unprepared" eSs, after Seligman (1971). It was hypothesized that electrodennally labile subjects, in contrast to stabiles, would require a greater number of trials to habituate to either es, would exhibit greater changes in log skin conductance during acquisition, would report higher verbal discomfort ratings related to the es, and would require a greater number of trials to extinction. Differences between labiles and stabiles were also pr& dicted for instrumental "escape" behavior during extinction. The results revealed significant differences between labile and stabile subjects on all predicted dimensions; however, no significant differences were found for the "prepared" versus "unprepared" es contiDgencies. The study also reports unusual evidence for a relationship between a self-report measure of arousal and concomitant psychophysiological reaponsivity.

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“…Given this frequently replicated phenomenon in human subjects, and the obvious similarity to aversion therapy during which clients are generally aware when an aversive event is probable and when it is not, it is not surprising that Feldman (1966) was less than sanguine about the successes of aversion therapy. Rapid extinction of conditioned emotional behavior will be the rule unless procedures are followed which interfere with the subjects' perceptions of the likelihood of UCS occurrence.A recent investigation of manipulated GSR feedback in an aversion therapy analogue found that extinction can be retarded even when subjects are fully informed that UCS probability is equal to zero (Koenig and del Castillo, 1969). Resistance to extinction was achieved by leading subjects to believe (incorrectly) that activity of a visible meter was an accurate reflection of their GSRs to conditioned stimuli during non-shocked trials.…”

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“…This relationship has been demonstrated in heart-rate conditioning (Chatterjee and Erikson, 1962;Notterman, Schoenfeld, and Bersh, 1952) and in GSR conditioning (Bridger and Mandel, 1965;Cook and Harris, 1937;Koenig and del Castillo, 1969;Mowrer, 1938;Silverman, 1960;Wickens, Allen, and Hill, 1963). Given this frequently replicated phenomenon in human subjects, and the obvious similarity to aversion therapy during which clients are generally aware when an aversive event is probable and when it is not, it is not surprising that Feldman (1966) was less than sanguine about the successes of aversion therapy.…”

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“…A recent investigation of manipulated GSR feedback in an aversion therapy analogue found that extinction can be retarded even when subjects are fully informed that UCS probability is equal to zero (Koenig and del Castillo, 1969). Resistance to extinction was achieved by leading subjects to believe (incorrectly) that activity of a visible meter was an accurate reflection of their GSRs to conditioned stimuli during non-shocked trials.…”

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Cognitive manipulation of GSR extinction: Analogues for conditioning therapies

Koenig

Henriksen

2005

Integr. psych. behav.

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Cognitive determinants of GSR activity during extinction trials were examined following conditioning. Conditioned GSRs extinguished rapidly when subjects were informed the UCS would not again be administered, compared to subjects not given this information. Of greater interest was the finding that (false) high feedback concerning subjects' responsivity to the Cs+ during extinction served to maintain GSR activity at a higher level than subjects receiving (false) low feedback. The relationship was observed within both information conditions. Implications are drawn for both aversive conditioning therapy and systematic desensitization.

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False feedback and longevity of the conditioned GSR during extinction: Some implications for aversion therapy.

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Effects of misattribution of arousal upon the acquisition and extinction of a conditioned emotional response.

Effects of misattribution of arousal upon the acquisition and extinction of a conditioned emotional response.

Individual differences in electrodermal response conditioning and self-report of discomfort: A phobia analogue

Cognitive manipulation of GSR extinction: Analogues for conditioning therapies

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