Two types of conditioning in psychotics and normals.
- 1 March 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 58 (2), 157-161
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043677
Abstract
The conditionality of 2 groups of schizophrenics (chronic paranoids and chronic nonparanoids) and a normal (male nurses) was tested via 2 methods of conditioning: visual (stimulus) - eyelid (response), and auditory (stimulus) - handpress (response). The results indicated no difference between the groups re: eyelid conditioning, but the paranoid group took significantly longer to condition on the verbal procedure. Suggested reasons for the results are discussed, and the results are compared with that of previous research. 18 refs.Keywords
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