Depression and Judgment of Control

Impact of a Contingency on Accuracy

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ID19280853
AuthorsCatherine So-Kum Tang (0000-0002-7577-4372, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Catherine So‐kum Tang, Joseph W Critelli (University of North Texas, corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume58
Issue4
Pages717-727
Publication date1990-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6494.1990.tb00251.x
PMID2074528
OpenAlexW1978110168
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited21

In this study we sought to determine whether mild depressives and nondepressives could respond adaptively and self‐correct their judgments of contingency when it was clearly advantageous to do so Ninety‐six undergraduates were given four contingency‐learning tasks involving pressing or not pressing a key to turn on a light and to judge the degree of control their responses had over light onset On the first task, which included a monetary contingency only on light onset, mild depressives were relatively accurate in their judgments of control Tasks 2 through 4, which also included a monetary contingency and feedback on accuracy of judgment of control, showed a Mood x Task interaction Mild depressives, but not nondepressives, became more accurate, and by the last task, mild depressives were more accurate than nondepressives Results were discussed in terms of incentive, feedback, and task exposure

Cognitive psychology · Contingency · Control (management) · Developmental psychology · Mood · Task (project management) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Artificial Intelligence · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Computer Science · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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