Latency and Amplitude of Response and the GSR.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Psychology. |
Degree: | MS. |
Year: | 1958 |
Keywords: | Psychology.; |
Record ID: | 1507213 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile111404.pdf |
In 1943, Hull (8) proposed a theoretical model of learning phenomena, which he labeled "the primary laws of molar behavior." The four dependent variables in his model were latency and amplitude of response, probability of reaction evocation, and number of unreinforced responses to extinction; these are related to a number of "major symbolic constructs" or intervening variables (e.g. habit strength, reaction potential), and to various antecedent events and manipulable conditions (e.g., reinforcement, deprivation). [...]