Re: Mood manipulation

[Marie Helweg-Larsen]

Hi Stephen I thought about that too but my concern is that a movie will elicit a range of emotions other than the basic emotion of positive or negative affect. For example, many movies that make you feel happy or sad also temporarily influence emotions such as hope, disgust, fear, excitement, sorrow, longing, etc. Are there films that just elicit a positive (or negative) mood without other emotions? I have not read the reference you provide so perhaps they address my concern. Marie Stephen Black wrote: 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 ______________________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy _________________________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ********************************************* Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013 Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971 ********************************************* --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]