The Valuation of Social Reinforcement in Schizophrenia

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dc.contributor.advisorBlanchard, Jack Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorCatalano, Lauren Theresaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-26T05:45:04Z
dc.date.available2015-06-26T05:45:04Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractFacial affect perception impairments impede social functioning in schizophrenia. What remains unknown is how individuals with schizophrenia assign value to pleasant facial expressions that typically motivate social affiliation. The current study adapted a matching pennies game (Shore & Heerey, 2011) to assess the subjective value of social feedback in terms of money. Individuals with schizophrenia and controls were instructed to choose the same side of a coin as six computerized partners, each of whom provided different rates of monetary feedback and types of social feedback. In a later test phase, participants chose which partner to play from amongst pairs of partners. Among participants who appropriately learned task contingencies, individuals with schizophrenia failed to use genuine smiles to motivate choices to the same extent as controls; however, money was equally valued. These findings suggest that there is a reduced sensitivity to social rewards in schizophrenia.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2B05N
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16671
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMental healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBehavioral Economicsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDecision Makingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchizophreniaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Affiliationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSocial Reward Learningen_US
dc.titleThe Valuation of Social Reinforcement in Schizophreniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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