EXSS3049 Lecture 11: Lecture 10 Exercise, PA & Psychological Affect
22 Aug 2018
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General overlook, overall summation, (cid:498)am i doing ok? (cid:499) Usually longer, less intense, less specific than emotions. A relatively short-lived state of feeling after appraising an event. E. g. someone cracks a joke & you laugh/smile quick & short. How do we measure affect psychometric measures: Affect single item measures: during & after: repeatedly ask q before, people don"t stay stable w/ emotions subject to change so keep asking them, could shift from a negative to positive emotion. Displeasure -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 pleasure. Low activation 1 2 3 4 5 6 high activation. These 2 items are often combined to generate a circumplex model of affect (russell, 1980; 1987) Circumplex affect model: basic model & idea shown (left, specific affect & emotions which occur in extremes of each segment (right). Example using: affect feeling scale (displeasure pleasure item: change from pleasurable displeasure, may or may not want discomfort.
