Journal article
A New Laboratory Method for Altering Positive Affect
Psychological reports, Vol.76(3_suppl), pp.1103-1106
06/01/1995
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1995.76.3c.1103
PMID: 7480473
Abstract
This paper reports the development with 95 undergraduates of a new method for altering Positive Affect in the laboratory. The method consists of assigning persons to complete a boring task for a specific amount of time and, shortly after beginning the task, informing them that the assigned time period has either been increased or reduced. The advantages of this method are that it is effective, relatively free of demand characteristics, ethical, fast to administer, and parallels “real world” experiences. In addition, this procedure seems to circumvent limitations of other mood-induction procedures.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A New Laboratory Method for Altering Positive Affect
- Creators
- David Wiseman - University of IowaIrwin P. Levin - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Psychological reports, Vol.76(3_suppl), pp.1103-1106
- DOI
- 10.2466/pr0.1995.76.3c.1103
- PMID
- 7480473
- NLM abbreviation
- Psychol Rep
- ISSN
- 0033-2941
- eISSN
- 1558-691X
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/1995
- Academic Unit
- Marketing; Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984963213002771
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