Emotion Intuition and Hot Thinking I Psychological Perspectives

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

anger fear happy contempt

Emotion 101 Emotion Families Three Channels of Output ØSubjective Feeling ØExpression ØPhysiology Appraisals of Meaning (aka the role of thinking in emotions) ØHot “Cognitions” u“You intentionally demeaned me”

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

Affect Rating Slide

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

Hot Affect Moments (HAM) Questionnaire

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? ØBLINK: Thin Slicing Emotions

Ekman: FACS SYSTEM Action Unit 4 – Brow Lowerer 0 4 ii page 381 for score page 382 for score page 465 page 466 page 382 for score w 0 page 465 page 382 for score w 4 page 465 page 382 for score video 4 page 413 for score

Anger The eyebrows and corners of the mouth are pulled down. Happiness The eyebrows and corners of the mouth are raised.

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

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

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

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