Faculty Articles
Extension of the Taste-Test Analogue as an Unobtrusive Measure of Preference for Alcohol
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Behaviour Research and Therapy
ISSN
0005-7967
Publication Date
1978
Abstract
The utility of the taste-test analogue for obtaining an unobtrusive measure of preference for alcohol was examined. Thirty-two male undergraduates participated in each of two taste-rating tasks. In each task. subjects were presented with two beakers containing beverages they were to rate. Although one container was labeled “Alcohol”, and the other was labeled “Orange Juice”, both actually contained only orange juice. Subjects rated the beverages differently on 52% of the dimensions for which ratings were completed. Furthermore, subjects estimated that they had consumed an average of over three ounces of alcohol in the combined taste tests. Wider use of the analogue preference test may have significant value in the study of the determinants of human alcohol drinking behavior.
DOI
10.1016/0005-7967(78)90029-3
Volume
16
Issue
4
First Page
289
Last Page
291
NSUWorks Citation
Connors, G. J.,
Maisto, S. A.,
Sobell, M. B.
(1978). Extension of the Taste-Test Analogue as an Unobtrusive Measure of Preference for Alcohol. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 16(4), 289-291.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/212
