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Peer reviewedKlemp, George O.; Rodin, Judith – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1976
The hypotheses of informational cognitive control, based on the idea that being able to predict the occurrence of an unpleasant event facilitates a reduction of its impact, has not received clear support in previous research. This experiment investigates the effects of three variables on subjective reactions to mild electric shock. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Attention, Hypothesis Testing, Psychological Patterns, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedAnd Others; Wortman, Camille B. – Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 1976
The experiment tested the hypothesis that the stress experienced by a person who is unable to control aversive stimulation is not a function of lack of control per se, but of the attribution of causality that one makes for failure to exert control. (Editor)
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Experiments, Helplessness, Hypothesis Testing
