BIOB32H3 Lecture Notes - Factor Analysis, Longitudinal Study, Negative Affectivity
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Issues in emotion research: several major issues divide the field of emotion research. When the two dimensions are arrayed as axes in a two dimensional coordinate system, the adjectives that describe emotions fall in a circle around the two dimensions. In lists of primary emotions, happiness or joy are typically the only pleasant emotions mentioned. In trait approaches to emotion, the major pleasant disposition is happiness and the associated feelings of being satisfied with one"s life. Longitudinal, in which people are measured on at least two occasions separated in time. If happiness precedes success in life, then we have some evidence that the causal direction might go from happiness to the outcome. Experimental, in which happiness is manipulated (people are put in a good mood) for half the sample (the other half is the control group), and some outcome is measured.
