UCS revaluation and conditioning models of acquired fears

Davey, Graham C.L.

doi:10.1016/0005-7967(89)90086-7

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UCS revaluation and conditioning models of acquired fears

Davey, Graham C.L.·1989·Behaviour Research and Therapy

DOI 10.1016/0005-7967(89)90086-7

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Recent developments in the study of Pavlovian conditioning in humans have suggested that the strength of a conditioned response (CR) is affected not only by associative processes that link the conditioned stimulus (CS) with the unconditioned stimulus (UCS), but also by processes which lead the individual to revalue the UCS itself. These latter processes can frequently lead to dramatic changes in CR strength independently of any experience with the CS-UCS contingency. This paper discusses a number of ways in which UCS revaluation can be effected in human subjects, and discusses their implications for conditioning models of acquired fears.

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For these reasons, exposure therapy is often thought to rely on other processes such as habituation, UCS revaluation, or contextualization.
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Authors: Davey, G. C. L.
Affiliations: City, University of London (GB)
Corresponding author: Davey, Graham C.L.
ORCID: Davey, Graham C.L.
Venue: Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1989
Volume: 27
Issue: 5
Pages: 521-528
ISSN: 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(89)90086-7
OpenAlex: W2083419193
Cited by: 132
References: 49
Citations by year: 2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 2.20
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords: classical conditioning, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, fear acquisition, human conditioning
MeSH terms: Arousal, Association Learning, Conditioning, Classical, Fear, Humans, Learning

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