A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RESPONSECONTINGENT AVERSIVE STIMULATION ON GASTROINTESTINAL ACTIVITY.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of response-contingent and random aversive auditory stimulation on g.i. motility. Ss were presented with four consecutive 10-min. treatment periods in the following order: Response-Contingent (R-C), Random, R-C, Random. During R-C S could avoid the 5-sec. 90db noise, which was programmed to come on every 30 sec., by pressing a key once during the 5 sec. preceding the noise. During the Random period, S had no control over the presentation of noise. The results indicated that during R-C, amplitude of g.i. motility was significantly greater and latency briefer than under Random conditions. These results are accounted for in terms of the dual role of the noise in the R-C condition, i.e., it is aversive and it signifies to S that his time estimation was incorrect.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0610182
Entities
People
- Robert M. Stern
Organizations
- Indiana University Bloomington