PSY331H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Startle Response
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Sex differences in the time course of emotion summary. Gard & kring: assessed whether men and women differed in their patterns of immediate response to emotional stimuli and in the patterns of recovery, women reacted more to negative emotional stimuli. Scored higher on aversion: emotions vary in their peak and duration, differences arising between men and women may arise from differences in emotional experience or expression, women tend to be more expressive than men. Research is varied on whether women experience more positive and negative emotions, or just negative. Sex differences in the time course of emotional response: two key elements to look at: time from onset to peak intensity & the recovery time, emotional responses persist after the offset of the eliciting stimuli. The persistence length: greater sensitivity of the approach motivational system is linked to continued processing varies among individuals. of positive emotional information. But women would take longer to disengage the avoidance motivation system.
