Relationships Between Exploratory Behaviour and Fear
A Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14061791 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P A Russell, Phil Russell (University of Aberdeen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-433 |
| Publication date | 1973-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1973.tb01369.x |
| PMID | 4584329 |
| OpenAlex | W2120198544 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Two main theories of the relationship between exploratory behaviour and anxiety or fearfulness are: ( a ) ‘Two‐factor theory’, according to which novel stimuli evoke both curiosity and fear/anxiety, with exploration as the outcome of competing tendencies to approach and avoid, and ( b ) the ‘Halliday‐Lester theory’, where the fear aroused by novelty results in either approach (low fear) or avoidance (high fear). Relevant evidence comes from animal studies varying fear by manipulating either environmental or intrinsic factors. This evidence is largely compatible with the two‐factor theory and some results which have been presented as critical support for the Halliday‐Lester theory are actually equivocal
Anxiety · Cognitive psychology · Curiosity · Developmental psychology · Fear appeal · Novelty · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
Development of responsiveness to novel objects in the titi monkey,Callicebus moloch
Mobility of surrogate mothers and persistent neophobia in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis)
Reactions to novel objects in monkeys
Human Extraversion and Ambulation in Rats
Contrasting responses to novelty by wild and captive orangutans
Explaining the Paradox of Neophobic Explorers
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |