Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS Scales.

S. Carver, Charles; L. White, Teri

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.67.2.319

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Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS Scales.

Published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology • Aug 1, 1994

Authors:

Charles S. Carver

Teri L. White

Abstract

J. A. Gray (1981, 1982) holds that 2 general motivational systems underlie behavior and affect: a behavioral inhibition system (BIS) and a behavioral activation system (BAS). Self-report scales to assess dispositional BIS and BAS sensitivities were created. Scale development (Study 1) and convergent...

Subject

Punishment (psychology)

Psychology

Behavioral activation

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