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"A dog was conditioned to react to a bell, a bell with a low musical note, just as he would react to food... Next, his fear reflexes were conditioned to respond to a bell with a high musical note. An electric wire was attached to a storage battery, and every time the high note was sounded the dog received a slight shock. The dog, of course, was frightened... His whole body, from the tip of his nose to the ultimate hairs on his tail, was conditioned to react to the high- pitched bell. (D. Fink - Psych) (59:4) "Then the bells were changed gradually... Two antagonistic conditioned reflexes were set off by an intermediate bell." (D. Fink - Psych) (59:5) "What did the dog do? Just what a human being would do under like circumstances. He developed a neurosis. He crept into a corner, trembled all over... Conflicting conditioned reflexes had made the poor animal neurotic... (D. Fink - Psych) (59:6) "The experimental neurosis produced in dogs by conditioning in conflicting responses is just what happens by accident to us humans. Our bodies are conditioned to react in a fear response to a certain stimulus;... then our bodies are conditioned to react in a love response to the very same stimulus. A father will slap his son for no good reason; and the next day will give him candy for the same reason. The child never knows where he stands. Father has become the stimulus that stands for a piece of candy and a sock on the jaw. (D. Fink - Psych) (59:7) "When we cannot distinguish between stimuli, we become confused. conflict occurs within ourselves. There develops a tug of war between nerve cells in the brain. We feel that we must do two contradictory things at the same time. This conflict does not occur at a level of brain activity that is under our conscious control. The conflict involves our glands, our stomachs, intestines, blood vessels. All we know is that we feel nervous, that we have abdominal cramps, or that our feet are cold and clammy... (D. Fink - Psych) (59:8) "Our bodies and our minds are taught thousands of behavior patterns many of which are in complete conflict with each other." (D. Fink - Psych)
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