A comparison of dimensional models of emotion: evidence from emotions, prototypical events, autobiographical memories, and words.
Abstract
The intensity and valence of 30 emotion terms, 30 events typical of those emotions,
and 30 autobiographical memories cued by those emotions were each rated by different
groups of 40 undergraduates. A vector model gave a consistently better account of
the data than a circumplex model, both overall and in the absence of high-intensity,
neutral valence stimuli. The Positive Activation - Negative Activation (PANA) model
could be tested at high levels of activation, where it is identical to the vector
model. The results replicated when ratings of arousal were used instead of ratings
of intensity for the events and autobiographical memories. A reanalysis of word norms
gave further support for the vector and PANA models by demonstrating that neutral
valence, high-arousal ratings resulted from the averaging of individual positive and
negative valence ratings. Thus, compared to a circumplex model, vector and PANA models
provided overall better fits.
Type
Journal articleSubject
Analysis of VarianceAssociation Learning
Cues
Emotions
Humans
Male
Mental Recall
Models, Psychological
Recognition (Psychology)
Retention (Psychology)
Semantics
Young Adult
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10076Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1080/09658210903130764Publication Info
Rubin, David C; & Talarico, Jennifer M (2009). A comparison of dimensional models of emotion: evidence from emotions, prototypical
events, autobiographical memories, and words. Memory, 17(8). pp. 802-808. 10.1080/09658210903130764. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/10076.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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David C. Rubin
Juanita M. Kreps Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
For .pdfs of all publications click here My main research interest has been in
long-term memory, especially for complex (or "real-world") stimuli. This work includes
the study of autobiographical memory and oral tra

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