Motivationen inom emotionen: Affekt, motivationell intensitet och dess verkan på uppmärksamhet
(2018) PSYK11 20172Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- The purpose of the study was to investigate how attention is influenced by emotions with different Motivational Intensity (MI). Previous research found that it is the valence of an emotion that influences attention (broadens or narrows), but more recent studies have focused on Motivational Intensity (MI). In our study (n=81), we examined positive emotions with high MI, positive emotions with low MI, negative emotions with high MI and negative emotions with low MI, and neutral, which has never before been examined in the same study. We predicted that emotions with high MI would narrow the attentional scope whereas emotions with low MI would broaden the attentional scope, according to previous studies.
The experiment consisted of pictures... (More) - The purpose of the study was to investigate how attention is influenced by emotions with different Motivational Intensity (MI). Previous research found that it is the valence of an emotion that influences attention (broadens or narrows), but more recent studies have focused on Motivational Intensity (MI). In our study (n=81), we examined positive emotions with high MI, positive emotions with low MI, negative emotions with high MI and negative emotions with low MI, and neutral, which has never before been examined in the same study. We predicted that emotions with high MI would narrow the attentional scope whereas emotions with low MI would broaden the attentional scope, according to previous studies.
The experiment consisted of pictures inducing different emotions and Navon’s letter task to assess attentional breadth. The result did not indicate significant interaction between affect and local vs. global attention. A possible explanation being discussed is that the pictures did not induce the affect strongly enough. Since there are only a few studies in this field, we believe that more research needs to be done with methods inducing affect more efficiently. Instead of using self-assessments, EMG could be a better and more sensitive option for the the manipulation check. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- Studien syftade till att undersöka hur uppmärksamheten påverkas av emotioner med olika motivationell intensitet. Tidigare forskning har visat att det är valensen hos emotionen som avgör om uppmärksamheten riktas mot delen eller helheten, men nyare studier har pekat på att det är den motivationella intensiteten (MI) som spelar en avgörande roll. I vår studie (n=81) undersöktes positiva emotioner med låg resp. hög MI, negativa emotioner med låg resp. hög MI samt neutrala emotioner, något som inte har studerats i en och samma studie tidigare. Vi förväntade oss, i linje med tidigare studier, att emotioner med hög motivationell intensitet skulle smalna av uppmärksamheten, alltså ge snabbare reaktionstid till lokala stimuli, medan emotioner med... (More)
- Studien syftade till att undersöka hur uppmärksamheten påverkas av emotioner med olika motivationell intensitet. Tidigare forskning har visat att det är valensen hos emotionen som avgör om uppmärksamheten riktas mot delen eller helheten, men nyare studier har pekat på att det är den motivationella intensiteten (MI) som spelar en avgörande roll. I vår studie (n=81) undersöktes positiva emotioner med låg resp. hög MI, negativa emotioner med låg resp. hög MI samt neutrala emotioner, något som inte har studerats i en och samma studie tidigare. Vi förväntade oss, i linje med tidigare studier, att emotioner med hög motivationell intensitet skulle smalna av uppmärksamheten, alltså ge snabbare reaktionstid till lokala stimuli, medan emotioner med låg motivationell intensitet skulle bredda uppmärksamheten och bidra till snabbare reaktionstid för globala stimuli. Experimentet bestod av bilder för varje emotion (emotionsinduktion) samt ett uppmärksamhetstest (Navon’s test). Resultatet visade inte på signifikant interaktion mellan lokal och global uppmärksamhet och affekt. En möjlig förklaring är att bilderna inte inducerade affekterna tillräckligt effektivt, och vi anser därför att det behövs mer forskning med andra metoder som inducerar affekt på ett mer rättvisande sätt. Manipulationskontrollen skulle förslagsvis kunna utföras med hjälp av det mer sensitiva instrumentet EMG. (Less)
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- author
- Josefsohn, Isabella LU and Johansson, Samuel LU
- supervisor
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- Junhua Dang LU
- Fredrik Björklund LU
- organization
- course
- PSYK11 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- attention, motivation, affect, emotion, motivational intensity
- language
- Swedish
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- 8933897
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- 2018-01-25 15:41:09
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abstract = {{The purpose of the study was to investigate how attention is influenced by emotions with different Motivational Intensity (MI). Previous research found that it is the valence of an emotion that influences attention (broadens or narrows), but more recent studies have focused on Motivational Intensity (MI). In our study (n=81), we examined positive emotions with high MI, positive emotions with low MI, negative emotions with high MI and negative emotions with low MI, and neutral, which has never before been examined in the same study. We predicted that emotions with high MI would narrow the attentional scope whereas emotions with low MI would broaden the attentional scope, according to previous studies.
The experiment consisted of pictures inducing different emotions and Navon’s letter task to assess attentional breadth. The result did not indicate significant interaction between affect and local vs. global attention. A possible explanation being discussed is that the pictures did not induce the affect strongly enough. Since there are only a few studies in this field, we believe that more research needs to be done with methods inducing affect more efficiently. Instead of using self-assessments, EMG could be a better and more sensitive option for the the manipulation check.}},
author = {{Josefsohn, Isabella and Johansson, Samuel}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Motivationen inom emotionen: Affekt, motivationell intensitet och dess verkan på uppmärksamhet}},
year = {{2018}},
}