Graduate Theses
Date of Award
8-1987
Document Type
Research Project Report
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Behavioral Science
Supervisory Committee Chair
J. Simpson, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Don Miller, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
James M. Olson, Ph.D.
Abstract
The study was designed to investigate the hypothesis that various environmental stimuli would elicit specific individual responses, as reflected in autonomic patterns. It then became the aim of the study to see whether the stimuli which controlled the physiological pattern would also control the verbal response. Three female and two male students volunteered for the single-subject experiment, where they were exposed to a 15-slide sequence of environment stimuli. Results indicated that when allowed to verbally respond without rating restrictions, responses varied greatly, limiting the possibilities of comparison. In kind, the physiological responses exhibited great variability. Results also supported the position that general arousal and anticipation response were not in operation. The data were partially supportive of the hypothesis, since autonomic patterns were observable for three of the subjects. It is suggested that further experimentation with expanded stimuli and polygraph components might provide additional data that would lend even greater support to the original hypothesis.
Recommended Citation
Baker, Cynthia Lou, "The Correlation of Physiological Responses to Verbal Behavior During Environmental Stimuli Exposure" (1987). Graduate Theses. 62.
https://falconcommons.utpb.edu/utpb-cas/62