The effect of mood on picture recognition

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Creator:

Thyme, Rayden

Responsibility:

Rayden Thyme

Start Date:

1999

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1999 April 02

Physical Description:

675.11 KB of textual records (PDF)

Notes:

Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1999. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.

Bibliographic Information

Publication:

Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.:

Standard No:

OSTMA-PSYC-Thyme-Rayden-19990402

Physical Location

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2013-064-001

Repository:

Algoma University Archive

Accession No:

Algoma University Theses collection

Container Number:

001

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Historical Context:

This research examined the effects of induced mood on picture recognition. Seventy-five Algoma University students were induced into a happy, neutral or sad mood using a mood induction strategy similar to the one devised by Velten (1968). In completion of this mood inducing task, subjects were then presented 60 pictures of faces (20 happy, 20 neutral, and 20 sad) at a rate of 0.5 seconds each. Following the picture presentation, participants completed a mood adjective checklist to test the effectiveness of the mood inducing procedure. Subjects then identified out of a second set of 93 pictures, which images they had seen earlier. Results showed that the mood inducing procedure had an insignificant effect on subject's mood, however happy pictures were better recognized across all three mood groups, than neutral and sad pictures.

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All material is in English.

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