Lo L Y, Hung N L, Lin M
a Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
J Psychol. 2016 Nov 16;150(8):949-960. doi: 10.1080/00223980.2016.1225658. Epub 2016 Sep 14.
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.
本研究比较了情绪维度模型提出的效价和唤醒在识别情绪表达中的作用。研究假设，由于效价维度的功能重要性，其在情绪表达识别中比唤醒维度更显著。本研究结果支持了这一假设。当一个表情与效价维度极性不同的另一个情绪表情配对，而不是与唤醒维度具有相似极性差异的表情配对时，所有年龄组的参与者在识别情绪时都更准确、更快。老年人组在识别积极和消极情绪表达方面的差异不显著，这也否定了社会情绪选择理论。
