http://hdl.handle.net/1803/207 2013-05-14T23:22:13Z 2013-05-14T23:22:13Z Stimmel, Harrison http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5090 2012-05-04T14:44:42Z 2012-04-18T05:00:00Z

Title: Flow and Life Satisfaction Authors: Stimmel, Harrison Abstract: Through a 30 question survey, I aim to examine flow experiences as a positive emotion-inducing activity and how individuals respond to these events. The survey targets the relationship between momentary happiness and life satisfaction as well as highlights important aspects of flow that require further research. The results depict how humans respond to flow experiences and what dimensions are shared among responses to various flow experiences as well as across participants. The dimensions of flow, and its relationship to appraisal theory and the Broaden-Build Model, provides insight into human emotion through positive experiences and the adaptive qualities they possess. Description: Through a 30 question survey, I aim to examine flow experiences as a positive emotion-inducing activity and how individuals respond to these events.

2012-04-18T05:00:00Z Dyer, Richard C. (Richard Chandler) http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5087 2012-04-30T19:03:58Z 2012-04-24T05:00:00Z

Title: Differences in the Motivational Urges and Enacted Behaviors of Guilt and Shame: A Study on Individualism and Collectivism Authors: Dyer, Richard C. (Richard Chandler) Abstract: There has been limited research regarding the differences in motivational urges, action tendencies and enacted behaviors on a cross-cultural basis. To study this, we administered an online questionnaire, composed of two parts. The first part of this study aimed to validate the EMGEBS scale (Smith & Kirby 2010) for a variety of negative emotions. The second part of this study looked at the relation between emotional correlations and action tendencies for guilt and shame. Further analysis was done to understand the unique action tendencies for each emotion, and whether or not individualism or collectivism (our proxy for cross-cultural differences) was a moderating factor. The statistical validation of the negative EMGEBS scale was successful. While the second part of the study yielded a number of unique action tendencies for guilt and shame, only two moderating effects were found for individualism and collectivism’s effect on the enacted behaviors. Description: This study examines the relationships between motivational urges and action tendencies for guilt and shame, looking for moderation effects of individualism and collectivism. This paper was for Psychology 2990, Psychology Honors Research, under the direction of Professor Craig A. Smith. The director of the Honors Program was Professor Megan Saylor. Includes a powerpoint presentation dated April 13, 2012.

2012-04-24T05:00:00Z Bednarski, Juliana Doria http://hdl.handle.net/1803/5081 2012-04-27T19:04:23Z 2012-03-29T05:00:00Z

Title: Eliciting Seven Discrete Positive Emotions Using Film Stimuli Authors: Bednarski, Juliana Doria Abstract: Successful, efficacious, and reliable mood induction procedures are an important part of emotion research. Film clips have already been shown to reliably induce discrete negative emotional states, as well as general positive affect, in laboratory settings. However, there is an absence of research in eliciting discrete positive emotional states in these settings. This study attempted to elicit seven discrete positive emotional states using preselected film stimuli: joy, gratitude, awe, determination, interest, serenity, and hope. Elicitations for joy, awe, serenity, and interest were successful. Description: A thesis detailing the use of 14 film clips to elicit seven discrete positive emotions.

2012-03-29T05:00:00Z Nolan, Rachel Park, Sohee http://hdl.handle.net/1803/4815 2011-06-19T00:06:37Z 2011-04-22T05:00:00Z

Title: Perception of Affective Musical Elements and the Relation to Delusions in Schizophrenia Authors: Nolan, Rachel; Park, Sohee Abstract: Using prosodic, facial, and musical stimuli, this study probed the extent of emotion recognition deficits in schizophrenic patients. Difficulties in the perception of emotional material have been well documented in the literature. Here, we examined the perception of emotion in music and whether or not schizophrenic patients show the same dysfunction in this domain as they do in the domains of facial and speech emotion. 15 patients, and 15 healthy controls listened to and rated 40 instrumental music clips expressing either a happy, sad, calm, or scary emotion. Participants were also asked to choose which emotion they thought best characterized the song as a whole. We then compared the ratings of each song across groups, as well as overall accuracy on the task. Psychophysiological skin conductance data was collected, but the results were shown to be inconclusive. Patients were significantly impaired in determining the correct emotion of each song, showing specific deficits in recognizing scary songs. In addition, patients significantly overrated the perceived happiness of each song type as compared to controls. Overrating of the happiness of scary songs was highly correlated with each subscale of the PDI in both patients and controls. Performance on the task was also shown to be related to delusion scores in patients, and to schizotypal personality scores in controls. These results suggest that the inability to extract affective information from sounds may result from subjective misinterpretation of auditory cues, and may play a role in increasing delusions. Description: Psy 296b Honors Thesis; Craig Smith. This paper explores the extent of the emotion recognition deficits previously found in Schizophrenia. We used music as a novel domain in which to investigate whether or not emotion recognition deficits stem from overall social dysfunction, or an underlying perceptual deficit. We found that schizophrenic patients were significantly impaired in recognizing emotion in music, and these impairments were correlated with delusional symptoms.

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