PSY320H1 Lecture : Lecture 4(2). PSY320H1FOctober2nd2012.docx
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Asked participants to look at different drawings while holding a pen in their mouth. Gripping with teeth (smile) vs. gripping with lips (frown) Those in the smile condition found the drawings significantly more amusing. Listen to an editorial through headphones, believed they were evaluating the quality of the headphones. Nod their head (jogging quality) or shake their heads (cycling quality) Seated at a desk, asked to say whether they liked or disliked 24 different chinese ideographs. Indicate attitude while lifting their palms up against the bottom of the table (flexion) vs. pressing their palms down against the top of the table (extension) Ideographs viewed during arm flexion were subsequently liked significantly more. Did not rate the two movements as different in enjoyment. Elm: bodily actions can function as a cue, an argument, or a factor affecting the amount of issue-relevant thinking and the amount of bias in these thoughts; can affect the confidence in these thoughts (congruent with meta-cognition model)