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Priming Emotion-Eliciting Appraisals through Music

dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Craig (Craig Alexander)
dc.contributor.advisorKirby, Leslie D. (Leslie Deneen)
dc.contributor.authorStahl, Courtney L.
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-28T12:28:01Z
dc.date.available2010-06-28T12:28:01Z
dc.date.issued2010-04
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/4129
dc.descriptionThis study tests the process model of appraisal by examining if music can be used to incidentally prime appraisals of self and other accountability while participants work on an unrelated task. Under the Direction of Dr. Leslie Kirby and Dr. Craig A. Smith Fulfilled requirements for Honors Research, PSY 296B, Professor Craig Smith. Powerpoint presentation accompanies thesis.en_US
dc.description.abstractAppraisal theory claims that emotions are elicited as a result of a meaning analysis in which a person evaluates the implications of his or her circumstances for his or her personal well-being. This study tests the process model of appraisal proposed by Smith and Kirby by examining if music can be used to incidentally prime appraisals of self and other accountability. Forty-five participants were randomly assigned to one of two negative conditions, self accountability (guilt/shame) or other accountability (anger), or a neutral condition with no music. Participants were partnered with a confederate and engaged in a difficult tinker toy building task in which they were expected to fail. The participants then completed appraisal ratings and other questionnaires to assess their appraisals of accountability and resulting emotional state, with the expectation that participants in the guilt/shame condition would blame themselves for the failure and those in the anger condition would blame their partner. The results were not significant, but some trends suggest that with adjustments, future studies might succeed in priming appraisals of self and other accountability in order to influence emotion and emotion-related behavior, providing support for the process model of appraisal.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Honors Program in Psychological Sciences.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherVanderbilt Universityen_US
dc.subjectEmotionen_US
dc.subjectPrimingen_US
dc.subjectAppraisal Theoryen_US
dc.subjectMusicen_US
dc.subject.lcshEmotionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshMusic -- Psychological aspectsen_US
dc.subject.lcshPriming (Psychology)en_US
dc.titlePriming Emotion-Eliciting Appraisals through Musicen_US
dc.title.alternativePriming appraisals through musicen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.collegeVanderbilt University. College of Arts and Scienceen_US
dc.description.departmentPsychological Sciencesen_US


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