Presentation Title
Do You Control Your Emotions or Do Your Emotions Control You: Perceived Emotional Control Over Negative and Positive Emotion Words
Panel Name
Brain Function and Mental Health: New Approaches in Technology, Psychology, and Neuroscience
Location
Lecture Center 6
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:15 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 4:30 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Academic Major
Psychology
Abstract
The goal of this study is to better understand the connection between negative and positive emotions and our perceived control over them. Participants were asked to evaluate different words that were pulled from the dictionary because according to their definitions they held some sort of emotional tie. Words were rated on three scales to indicate how positive or negative the word is perceived, how intensely the emotion is felt, and how in control of that emotion the participant feels when experiencing it. Through statistical analysis we found that negative words are rated as being less controllable than their positive counterparts. We contribute this pattern to the condition of learned helplessness. Findings from this study will be used in part to create a cross cultural database of emotion words.
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Research Assistantship
First Faculty Advisor
Dr.Jeanette Altarriba
First Advisor Email
jaltarriba@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
Psychology
Second Faculty Advisor
Dr. Halszka Bak
Second Faculty Advisor Email
hbak@albany.edu
Second Advisor Department
Psychology
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Finished or mostly finished by conference date
Do You Control Your Emotions or Do Your Emotions Control You: Perceived Emotional Control Over Negative and Positive Emotion Words
Lecture Center 6
The goal of this study is to better understand the connection between negative and positive emotions and our perceived control over them. Participants were asked to evaluate different words that were pulled from the dictionary because according to their definitions they held some sort of emotional tie. Words were rated on three scales to indicate how positive or negative the word is perceived, how intensely the emotion is felt, and how in control of that emotion the participant feels when experiencing it. Through statistical analysis we found that negative words are rated as being less controllable than their positive counterparts. We contribute this pattern to the condition of learned helplessness. Findings from this study will be used in part to create a cross cultural database of emotion words.