The Influence Of Emotions Induced By Rewards And Punishments On The Behavioral Inhibition Of Individuals Of Different Genders

In recent years,cognitive psychology has paid more attention to the influence of emotion on individual behavior regulation.As a form of reinforcement,reward and punishment are often used in education,teaching and psychological therapy.Previous studies have mostly discussed the regulating effect of emotion on behavior triggered by emotional films and pictures,but relatively few studies have studied the regulating effect of emotion on behavior triggered by rewards and punishments.Moreover,researches on the types of rewards and punishments are relatively monotonous,mostly focusing on the study of monetary rewards and punishments,and less on social rewards and punishments.In addition,there are differences between males and females in their sensitivity to rewards and punishments.Therefore,whether there are gender differences in the effects of emotions on individuals’ inhibitory ability is also worth further discussion.In this paper,82 college students were studied,taking reward and punishment conditions as the intersubjective factors,using stop signal task,using money and social rewards and punishments to mobilize emotions,and using 16-channel physiological recorder to record the physiological and behavioral indicators of the subjects.Taking response time,inhibition accuracy rate,heart rate and skin electricity as dependent variables,the effects of emotions induced by money and social rewards and punishments on individuals’ behavior inhibition ability as well as gender differences were discussed,and its psychological mechanism was also discussed.Research one mainly discusses the influence of pecuniary and social punishment conditions on behavioral inhibition of individuals of different genders.Men were more sensitive to punishment under the conditions of repeated punishment;women are more sensitive to the right and wrong feedback;in the whole process of the experiment,the emotions induced by the right and wrong feedback period were the highest in the rewards and punishments feedback period,and lasted until the preparatory phase,thus influencing the time of subsequent working.Research two mainly discusses the influence of pecuniary and social reward conditions on behavioral inhibition of individuals of different genders.The results revealed that pecuniary and social rewards promoted behavioral inhibition.Under the condition of repeated rewards,there was no significant difference in the sensitivity of men and women to rewards.In the entire process of the experiment,the emotions induced by the positive and negative feedback period were the highest in the rewards and punishments feedback period and lasted until the preparatory phase,thus influencing the time of subsequent working.To sum up,the conclusion of this study is as follows:(1)according to behavioral indicators,both of social and pecuniary rewards-punishments have a promoting effect on behavioral inhibition.And in terms of autonomous physiological indicators,it is reflected that the promoting effect of social punishment on behavioral inhibition is better than that of pecuniary punishment.(2)In the condition of negative emotions induced by repeated punishment,men’s desire to avoid punishment is stronger than women’s,which shows that men’s ability of behavioral inhibition is stronger than women’s;but in the conditions of repeated reward,there was no difference between the males and the females.And women are more sensitive to positive and negative feedback.(3)in the whole process of the experiment,the emotions induced by the positive and negative feedback period were the highest in the rewards and punishments feedback period and lasted until the preparation period,thus influencing the period of subsequent working.In terms of physiological indexes,the changes of heart rate and skin conductance in reward and punishment feedback period were significantly greater than those in other experimental stages except the preparation period.Based on the above results,this study partially supports the joint subsystem effect of enhanced sensitivity theory and the dual competition model of emotion to the executive function.This study does not support the gender separation theory and the unity of opposites theory in Gray’s classical reinforcement sensitivity theory and personality.