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S Rachman

Publications and source records attributed to S Rachman.

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PubMed1983

An experimental analysis of fearlessness and courage.

In an attempt to assess the performance under stress of people who had received awards for gallantry, the subjective, behavioural and psychophysiological reactions of a group of seven decorated bomb-disposal operators were measured during a conflict test. Compared to a group of seven equally experienced and successful, but non-decorated, bomb-disposal operators, the decorated subjects maintained a lower cardiac rate when making difficult discriminations under threat of shock. There were no differences between the groups on subjective reactivity or on their performance under stress. Both groups of bomb-disposal operators reported having experienced fewer fearful reactions than did a small number of comparison subjects. The implications of the results for theories of fear and of courage are considered.

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PubMed1982

Experimental investigations of the relations between mood and intrusive unwanted cognitions.

Two experiments were carried out in order to test the hypothesis that unwanted intrusive thoughts are difficult to remove during dysphoria. In the first experiment, 32 people who experienced unwanted thoughts were induced to feel happy or sad, and then asked to remove selected intrusive or neutral thoughts. The hypothesis was supported, but as the mood-induction procedure was felt to be unsatisfactory, a second study was undertaken. The substitution of a musical mood-induction procedure for the Velten card procedure produced superior results, and the hypothesis that intrusive unwanted thoughts are difficult to remove during dysphoria was supported once more.

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PubMed1980

Emotional processing.

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Adaptation, Psychological↗