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Access Type
Open Access
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Psychology
Degree Name
Thesis (M.S.)
Year Degree Awarded
1972
Abstract
The present study was conducted in order to determine whether or not HR could be conditioned in 3 month old infants. The conditionability of HR as an autonomic response was viewed in terms of Brackbill and Fitzgerald's (1969) hypothesis regarding differential conditioning results as a function of measuring an autonomic rather than a somatic response. The relative scarcity of conditioning studies measuring autonomic responses prompted a study by Clifton (1970, unpublished data) which yielded inconclusive results. The present study was designed as a replication of the Clifton study with several modifications
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/csd4-9c38