Arousal response predictions derived from ego psychology.
The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction from ego psychology that excessive stress leads to either a struggling or distancing response. Male subjects, preselected on the R-S scale, were exposed to an explicit pornographic movie in the presence of a female confederate. Skin conductance levels, self-report data, and a work association test with double entendre words were the dependent measures. The results indicated that subjects struggle rather than distance themselves when confronted with apparently stressful stimuli.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001143:Arousal; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D012095:Repression-Sensitization; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D014936:Word Association Tests