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Thirteen normal and 13 schizophrenic Ss were given 100 tone-shock trials over five days under four conditions: the S alone in the experimental room, a person present in the room, the person talking to the S, and the person massaging the S’s shoulder. Results showed an inhibitory effect of the social stimulus on the HR-CR and HR-UR of normals. For schizophrenics, conversely, the effect of the social stimulus was to increase HR responses during tone-shock and social interactions. A social learning analysis suggested early emotional and autonomic conditioning to significant persons and later generalization to others as primary determinants of HR indices of social responding. It was suggested that variation of the past relationship with anE and measurement of Ss’ perceptions of the experimenter-social stimulus together with physiological responses could contribute to analysis of the component variables of affectional and attachment responses.
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Gattozzi, R.E. The effect of person on a conditioned emotional response of schizophrenic and normal subjects. Conditional Reflex 6, 181–190 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03000453
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