associated with verbalized recognition of the CS-UCS contingencies.1 In these studies, conditional GSR differentiation was acquired only by Ss who could accurately verbalize the stimulus relations during either intertrial verbal reports or postconditioning interviews. A similar relationship between knowledge of stimulus relations and acquisition of classically conditioned responses has also been demonstrated by studies involving informative preparatory instructions: Verbal description of the stimulus contingencies prior to conditioning has been shown to facilitate acquisition of conditional GSRs,2 heart rate,3 and eye blinks.4 It follows that acquisition of
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Führer et al. (1969) studied this question.