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Studying Emotions: From Intuition to Hot Thinking

Explore psychological perspectives on emotion, the interplay of thinking and feelings, and the scientific study of emotion in couple interactions. Learn about facial expressions, physiological indicators, and the Hot Affect Moments Questionnaire. Discover how observational coding and subjective judgments can predict marital quality.

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Studying Emotions: From Intuition to Hot Thinking

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  1. Emotion, Intuition and “Hot” Thinking • Psychological Perspectives on Emotion • the role of thinking in emotion • Studying Emotion • Blink: Thin Slicing Emotions

  2. anger fear happy contempt

  3. Emotion 101 • Emotion Families • Three Channels of Output • Subjective Feeling • Expression • Physiology • Appraisals of Meaning (aka the role of thinking in emotions) • Hot “Cognitions” • “You intentionally demeaned me”

  4. Can we study emotion scientifically?Emotions in the Context of Couple Interactions • Laboratory Based Interaction • “Revealed Offense” Task • Videotape ==> Observational Coding • Physiological Indicators of Emotion • VIDEO RECALL • On-line Feelings and thoughts

  5. Affect Rating Slide

  6. “How I felt during this discussion” Wife’s Positive “HAM” Wife’s Negative “HAM”

  7. Hot Affect Moments (HAM) Questionnaire

  8. Does this study show that you can use science to examine emotion? • How do you know emotions when you see them? • What cues do you use? • BLINK: Thin Slicing Emotions

  9. 0 page 465 4i page 466 4ii page 466 w0 page 465 w4 page 465 video 4 page 381 for score page 382 for score page 382 for score page 382 for score page 382 for score page 413 for score Ekman: FACS SYSTEM Action Unit 4 – Brow Lowerer

  10. Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF) • GOTTMAN (from Blink) • Long Manual • Gestalt Approach • Body Language • Facial Expression • Speech Content • Speech Qualities (tone, prosody) • Extensive Training • Multiple emotions coded • SPAFF vs. FACS • More inference, harder to get interrater agreement, more “subjective”

  11. Our Method of Observing Emotion • View Videotapes • 30-second epochs • 16 emotions and couple behaviors • e.g., Anger (0=not at all; 9=A lot) • 5-6 independent “naïve” observers • ratings pooled

  12. Naïve Coder Approach vs. SPAFF • More reliance on intuition, subjective judgment … thin slicing • Less “thinking” and reliance on heuristics in manual • More or less objective???

  13. Does it Work? • Highly correlated with SPAFF coding • Emotional Coding Predicts Marital Quality and Stability • 83% accuracy in predicting dissolution • Why might be the advantages of naïve coding vs. SPAFF manualized approach?

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