PSYCH 3AC3 Lecture Notes - Comedy Club
15 Apr 2014
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Response facilitation theory- any source of arousal magnifies any dominant response of arousal= arousal just magnifies stuff! Brought men into lab, to do light job for 15 seconds and jog/run for 30 seconds and then had them watch a video about women. Women > make up and no make up, where they talk about themselves. These man viewing their tape rate how attractive the women are. High arousal- high attractiveness and low attractiveness= arousal produces magnified effects. Watched frog documentary- neutral, horrific movie- high negative arousal and comedy club- high positive arousal. Response facilitation theory- more parsimonious than 2 factory. Can 2ft handle an unambiguous source of arousal? no. Can 2ft explain unattractive target becoming less attractive? no. Foster et al (1998)- we do know when we are aroused. If aroused- high attractiveness and low attractiveness over exaggerated. If aware- goes down a little, but not to normal levels.
