Cultural Deprivation and Response Biases of Preschool Children for Complex and Novel Stimuli
1975 ◽
Vol 40
(3)
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pp. 999-1003
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Keyword(s):
As a test of the hypothesis that a consequence of cultural deprivation is the avoidance of arousal-provoking stimuli the response biases to complex/novel and simple/familiar stimuli of 29 deprived and 35 non-deprived preschoolers were determined using a signal detection-like procedure. Consistent with the hypothesis, the deprived Ss demonstrated a pronounced response bias for the simple/familiar stimuli. With qualification, it was suggested that the response bias of the deprived group might stem from possible aversive effects of complex/novel stimuli on these Ss.