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    Contrast Effects in Backward Evaluative Conditioning: Exploring Effects of Affective Relief/Disappointment Versus Instructional Information

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    Authors
    Green, Luke
    Luck, Camilla
    Gawronski, B.
    Lipp, Ottmar
    Date
    2019
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Green, L.J.S. and Luck, C.C. and Gawronski, B. and Lipp, O.V. 2019. Contrast Effects in Backward Evaluative Conditioning: Exploring Effects of Affective Relief/Disappointment Versus Instructional Information. Emotion.
    Source Title
    Emotion
    DOI
    10.1037/emo0000701
    ISSN
    1528-3542
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    School of Psychology
    Funding and Sponsorship
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180111869
    http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/SR120300015
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    © American Psychological Association 2019. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at 10.1037/emo0000701.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79249
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Past studies of backward evaluative conditioning (EC) have found an assimilation effect, in that neutral conditional stimuli (conditional stimulus [CS]) were found to acquire the valence of co-occurring unconditional stimuli (US). Recent studies employing a concurrent forward and backward conditioning paradigm with instructions suggesting a contrastive relation between the US and the backward CS have resulted in contrast effects, in that backward CSs acquired valence opposite to the US. The current research investigated whether these effects were in fact due to the instructions highlighting the contrastive relation between the US and CS, or whether affective relief/disappointment experienced at US offset could account for this result. Consistent with the hypothesized role of instructions, backward CS contrast effects occurred only when instructions highlighted the valence of the US and attributed control of that US to the CSs. In contrast to the affective relief/disappointment hypothesis, no backward CS contrast effects were found without such instructions.

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