Arnett P A
Psychology Department, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-4820, USA.
Clin Psychol Rev. 1997 Dec;17(8):903-36. doi: 10.1016/s0272-7358(97)00045-7.
The literature on autonomic responsivity in psychopaths is reviewed and critically evaluated with Fowles' (1980) psychophysiological adaptation of Gray's two-factor learning theory used as an organizing framework. It is concluded that, although much recent research has focused on assessing psychopaths' response to punishment in familiar paradigms, several intriguing new paradigms for assessing psychopaths' autonomic responsivity have been developed. A new conceptualization of the existing data is considered involving a motivational imbalance theory based on the Gray/Fowles model. This theory connects autonomic psychophysiological research on psychopaths to literatures on cognition, emotion, and behavior. Research directions for evaluating the validity of the theory are proposed.
本文回顾并批判性地评估了有关精神病态者自主反应性的文献,并以福尔斯(1980)对格雷双因素学习理论的心理生理学改编作为组织框架。结论是,尽管最近的许多研究都集中在评估精神病态者在熟悉范式中对惩罚的反应,但已经开发出了几种有趣的评估精神病态者自主反应性的新范式。考虑了基于格雷/福尔斯模型的动机失衡理论对现有数据的一种新的概念化。该理论将对精神病态者的自主心理生理学研究与认知、情感和行为方面的文献联系起来。提出了评估该理论有效性的研究方向。