Manipulation of dangerousness judgements to fear-relevant stimuli: Effects on a priori UCS expectancy and a posteriori covariation assessment

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 607-617

  Davey, Graham C L ^a   Craigie, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EXPECTANCY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0030966494     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(97)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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