AbstractsPsychology

Latency and Amplitude of Response and the GSR.

by Daniel J. Ehrlich




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Psychology.
Degree: MS.
Year: 1958
Keywords: Psychology.;
Record ID: 1507213
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile111404.pdf


Abstract

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). [...]