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- Title
MONETARY EFFECTS ON FEAR CONDITIONING.
- Authors
CHEN QU; AIYI ZHANG; QISHAN CHEN
- Abstract
Previous research has found that the loss of money as a negative secondary reinforcer was as effective as a primary reinforcer during fear conditioning. The purpose of the present study was to explore the effect of monetary gain as a positive secondary reinforcer in fear conditioning. Participants were assigned to a high-reward group or low-reward group. Three kinds of squares prompting non-compensation shock, compensation shock, and no shock were presented. Skin conductance responses (SCRs) and self-ratings were recorded. The results revealed that (a) both SCRs and self-ratings in the compensation shock condition were lower than in the non-compensation shock condition, suggesting that money might block the learning stage of fear conditioning; and (b) a higher ratio of fear reduction was present in self-rating when compared to SCRs, suggesting that people might overstate the utility of money, subjectively. Monetary effects, the effects of different amounts of money, and the differences between subjective and physiological levels are discussed.
- Subjects
PERSONAL finance; MONEY &; psychology; FEAR; WAGES -- Psychological aspects; PSYCHOLOGY of learning research; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Psychological Reports, 2013, Vol 112, Issue 2, p353
- ISSN
0033-2941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2466/16.17.PR0.112.2.353-364