Anxiety as a determinant of differential responsivity to reward and punishment
Abstract
Reward and punishment have been studied in the laboratory for their relative effects
on learning processes and on perceptual processes they have been studied in the
classroom for their relative effects on learning and on modification of performance
of various motor and mental tasks; they have been studied in relation to intellectual,
age and sex factors, and temperamental or personality factors; and they have recently
been studied in a clinical setting in connection with problems of psychopathology,
The studies concerned with personality variables reflect a broadening concern with
personality dynamics that has accompanied the recent rapid expansion of interest in
the clinical area of psychology. They strongly suggest that there are differences
related to personality factors in the effects and perhaps the effectiveness of rewarding
and punishing incentive conditions. It was to explore some of the implications of
these studies and to extend the empirical data in this area that the present research
was designed. It was to explore some of the implications of these studies and to
extend the empirical data in this area that the present research was designed. To
provide a framework for the discussion which follows the major aspects of two studies
will be outlined.
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This thesis was digitized as part of a project begun in 2014 to increase the number
of Duke psychology theses available online. The digitization project was spearheaded
by Ciara Healy.
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