On 9 Oct 2003, Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote:

> Thanks to Sybil and Annette for their help. Ahh TIPS is such a
> wonderful thing. Marie
> 

As thanks have already been given, I may be a bit late with this, but 
I'll give it a shot anyway. Another technique for manipulating mood 
which has been used with some success is to show the participants 
film clips which evoke a particular emotion. It seems to me that the 
method has at least pretty good face validity, as we all know how 
manipulative films can be in jerking our emotions around.       I tend to 
avoid modern horror, but I certainly remember the effect Psycho and 
Night of the Living Dead had in scaring the pants off me. And who 
didn't suppress at least one sniffle as Leonardo froze to death in 
the cold cruel Atlantic while Celine's voice swelled in the 
background? Sniff.

Anyway, a reference to this technique is:

Gross, J., & Levenson, R. (1995). Emotion elicitation using films. 
Cognition and Emotion, 9, 87-108.

Stephen

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