TABLE 2. Trial Types and Frequencies Across Phases in a Study of Conditioned Fear in Panic Disordera.
| Conditioning and Generalization Stimuli | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CS+ | |||||||||
| Phase | CS− | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | Coterminated With UCS | Did Not Coterminate With UCS | ITI | |
| 1 | Preacquisition | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | Acquisition | 12 | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Generalization test | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
CS−=conditioned safety cue; CS+=conditioned danger cue; C1, C2, C3, and C4=generalization stimulus classes 1, 2, 3, and 4; UCS=unconditioned stimulus; ITI=intertrial intervals, during which perceived risk or startle magnitudes were assessed. The shock reinforcement of the CS+ at the generalization test was included to avoid extinction of the conditioned response during the generalization sequence.