Browsing by Author "Quezada-Scholz, Vanetza"

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    In Defense of the History of Psychology
    (2025) Salas, Gonzalo; Ardila, Ruben; Jaco-Vilela, Ana María; Pérez-Acosta, Andres M.; Klappenbach, Hugo; Scholten, Hernán; León, Ramón; Pineda, María Andrea; Ossa, Julio César; Ferrari, Fernando; Arias-Gallegos, Walter; Beria, Josiane Sueli; Polanco, Fernando Andrés; Mardones, Rodolfo E.; Scherman, Patricia; Preciado, Salvador I. Rodríguez; Ramos-Vera, José; Millan, Juan David; Cudina, Jean Nikola; Barboza-Palomino, Miguel; García, Jose E.; Winkler, María Inés; Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás; Gallegos, Miguel; López-Calle, Claudio; Quezada-Scholz, Vanetza; Gonzalez Gutiérrez, Roberto
    The main purpose is to provide a defense of the history of psychology at a global (worldwide); however, it is important to consider that this defense arises from Latin America. Given that this panorama is mostly unknown to a large part of psychologists, this article presents itself as an explicit action to foster this discipline by addressing three main issues. Firstly, present some milestones in the journey of the history of psychology at the global with an emphasis on Latin America. Secondly, present a series of critical reflections on the current relevance of this area within the field of psychology. Finally, establish a position in 10 sentences that acts as a defense of the importance of the history of psychology for the psychological discipline on various levels. While the majority of the content presented here is commonly recognized among individuals professionally immersed in historical research within the realm of psychology, it possesses a diminished level of accessibility for students and psychologists not specializing in historical matters. The aim here is not to convince those who are already convinced, but to have an impact beyond the community of specialists that, synergistically, can affect the vast field of psychology in general.
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    STATE ANXIETY COULD INCREASE DISCRIMINATION IN HUMAN FEAR CONDITIONING
    (2019) Quezada-Scholz, Vanetza; Mallea, Jorge; Repetto, Paula
    Evidence has shown that individuals with anxiety disorders show more intense fear responses to both stimuli signaling threat and stimuli representing safety. The latter often causes difficulty to learn fear inhibition. This study aimed to assess the role of state anxiety in fear acquisition and extinction. During fear conditioning, geometric figures served as conditioned stimuli and a mild electric shock as unconditioned stimulus. Unconditioned stimulus expectancy ratings were used to assess fear. Results showed that high state anxiety is associated with higher responses to stimuli predicting the aversive stimulus and lower responses to stimuli not predicting it, suggesting that individuals in a high anxiety state have a larger fear activation to danger cues and lower activation to safety cues.