Author: Geer, James H.
Description: 32 female undergraduates were classified as having high fear (HF) or low fear (LF) of spiders. After reduction of orienting responses to pictures of neutral animals, experimental Ss were shown pictures of a spider, and control Ss were shown pictures of a snake. Using the response to the last neutral stimulus as a base line, HF experimental Ss when 1st shown a spider yielded greater GSRs than other groups. This increase in GSR responding for HF experimental Ss was, for 2 more trials, maintained relative to control Ss. HF experimental Ss also yielded GSRs of greater duration than all other groups when 1st shown the spider stimulus.
Subject headings: Fear; Independence (Personality); Orienting Reflex; Physiological Arousal; Stimulation; Animals; College Students; Spiders; Female
Publication year: 1966
Journal or book title: Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume: 71
Issue: 4
Pages: 253-255
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