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Angry versus furious: A comparision between valence and arousal in dimensional models of emotions
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Date Issued
2016
ISSN
1940-1019
0022-3980
Citation
The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, 2016, vol. 150(8), pp. 949-960.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
The present study compared the roles of valence and arousal, proposed by the dimensional models of emotions, in recognizing emotional expressions. It was hypothesized that the dimension of valence, due to its functional significance, would be more salient in the recognition of emotional expressions than the dimension of arousal would be. The results of the current study supported this hypothesis. The participants in all age groups were more accurate and quicker in recognizing an emotion when the expression was paired up with another emotional expression that was different in the polarity of the valence dimension than with this similar polarity difference in the arousal dimension. The insignificant difference in recognizing the positive and negative emotional expressions in the group of elders also rejected the Socio-Emotional Selectivity Theory.
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