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Is There Classical Conditioning Without Cognitive Expectancy?

PsychophysiologyPublished 1 January 1973
Irwin J. Mandel, Wagner H. Bridger
Citations34
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.26
SNIP1.22

TL;DR

The question of whether there is human classical conditioning without cognitive expectancy (as indexed by the GSR) is considered and a theoretical position is proposed that states that a given CR may consist of two components—one expectancy dependent, the other independent of expectancy.

Abstract

ABSTRACT The question of whether there is human classical conditioning without cognitive expectancy (as indexed by the GSR) is considered. A series of prior research reports by the authors is summarized. A theoretical position is proposed that states that a given CR may consist of two components—one expectancy dependent, the other independent of expectancy. The problems in demonstrating CRs that are not dependent upon cognitive expectancy are discussed.

Keywords

PsychologyNeuroscience