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Conditioning Galvanic Skin Response (1957)

1957 · Short film · 7 min

Synopsis

Explains operation of equipment used for obtaining galvanic skin response. Demonstrates a subject's responses to variety of stimuli: visual, verbal, and electric shock. Visual stimulus alone elicits little response. Shock produces strong response. Both are administered simultaneously and then the visual stimulus is presented alone to produce a strong conditioned galvanic skin response. Shows gradual extinction and re-establishment of the conditioned response

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Running time
7 minutes
Language
English
Collection
Educational Films, Ephemeral Films

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