Effekten av känslorna skam och ledsnad på implicita och explicita stereotyper mot äldre/yngre
(2003)Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of shame and sadness on stereotyping towards older/younger persons. Velten mood induction procedure was used to induce the relevant emotions. Research has shown that people in negative moods tends to use stereotypes in their evaluation of social groups to a lesser extent then people in positive moods. Hence it was relevant to study the effects of two different negative moods compared to a control group. Stereotyping was measured with two explicit test´s and one implicit test. No statistical significant differences was found between the three groups in this study. However an overall significant difference was found between the tendency to stereotype towards older then younger... (More)
- The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of shame and sadness on stereotyping towards older/younger persons. Velten mood induction procedure was used to induce the relevant emotions. Research has shown that people in negative moods tends to use stereotypes in their evaluation of social groups to a lesser extent then people in positive moods. Hence it was relevant to study the effects of two different negative moods compared to a control group. Stereotyping was measured with two explicit test´s and one implicit test. No statistical significant differences was found between the three groups in this study. However an overall significant difference was found between the tendency to stereotype towards older then younger persons, for all the participants in this study. (Less)
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- author
- Eriksson, Celie and Oskarsson, Maria
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2003
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Psychology, Psykologi
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1356463
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The purpose of this experiment was to investigate the effect of shame and sadness on stereotyping towards older/younger persons. Velten mood induction procedure was used to induce the relevant emotions. Research has shown that people in negative moods tends to use stereotypes in their evaluation of social groups to a lesser extent then people in positive moods. Hence it was relevant to study the effects of two different negative moods compared to a control group. Stereotyping was measured with two explicit test´s and one implicit test. No statistical significant differences was found between the three groups in this study. However an overall significant difference was found between the tendency to stereotype towards older then younger persons, for all the participants in this study.}},
author = {{Eriksson, Celie and Oskarsson, Maria}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Effekten av känslorna skam och ledsnad på implicita och explicita stereotyper mot äldre/yngre}},
year = {{2003}},
}