tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433906057256252736.post1181751250133314572..comments2023-11-30T00:53:48.220-08:00Comments on SSCP Students: Experimental Modification of Interpretation Bias about Animal Fear in Young Children: Effects on Cognition, Avoidance Behavior, Anxiety Vulnerability, and Physiological RespondingSCCP Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12881621891869088267noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433906057256252736.post-4760566594032796182013-09-13T08:35:29.911-07:002013-09-13T08:35:29.911-07:00Thanks for your reply, Kristy. Yeah, I think I'...Thanks for your reply, Kristy. Yeah, I think I'd be more convinced if the behavioral approach task generalized to other types of animals, since the kids' thinking at that age may be concrete enough that they might not think what they've been told applies to all animals. Also, perhaps if the CBM task were more active - like the example they give for adult versions where adults have to complete a word or sentence - that would be more convincing, since that seems more akin to actual cognitive bias.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433906057256252736.post-19875376369921752132013-09-13T08:35:05.027-07:002013-09-13T08:35:05.027-07:00Excellent point as this is one of the most common ...Excellent point as this is one of the most common critiques out there against CBM. I agree that there could certainly be some demand characteristics at play. This could potentially explain the lack of group differences in physiological responding, as one might expect kids in the positive condition to still be physiologically aroused if they didn't actually believe the animal was safe and were only approaching it because they knew they were "supposed to." On the other hand, this wouldn't really fit with the finding that there was no change in state anxiety across the positive modification.<br /><br />Would you be more convinced if the effect was shown to be more generalized, for example, showing that the positively trained group was more open to approaching other novel animals not discussed in the training? Are there other outcomes measures that you would find more convincing? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01962176188160673603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8433906057256252736.post-15409756747246894112013-09-13T08:34:26.326-07:002013-09-13T08:34:26.326-07:00Just a quick response to this article -- I don'...Just a quick response to this article -- I don't know much about CBM, but how much do we think the cognitions of these kids really changed? I can see them "learning" to give the correct response, but not actually believing it. I guess the behavioral task gets around that somewhat, but I'm wondering if it has a lot to do with the kids trying to please the experimenters (something along the lines of, "they just told me things things are safe and really want me to touch the animal, so I should do it"). Any thoughts?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com