Basic Emotion and Early-Learned Verbs

Presentation Type

Poster/Portfolio

Presenter Major(s)

Biopsychology, Psychology

Mentor Information

Josita Maouene, maouenej@gvsu.edu

Department

Psychology

Location

Kirkhof Center KC 75

Start Date

13-4-2011 3:00 PM

End Date

13-4-2011 4:00 PM

Keywords

Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Human Journey, Social Science

Abstract

How do you feel when you drop something? While previous research centering on the embodiment perspective has investigated such components as body parts in verb meaning, this study seeks to describe the systematic relation between 102 verbs and emotions. The first survey asked undergraduates to connect 102 early-learned verbs and 7 basic emotions (joy, love, anger, etc). The second survey asked 3-to 5-year-olds to connect the same verbs with 5 everyday emotional words (happy, sad, etc). At a threshold of 50% agreement, 64% of the verbs were associated with a single emotion and 38.4% with a pair of emotions in adults. In children, the results indicate a tie: 50% of the verbs were related to a main emotion and 50% to a pair of emotions. A Mann-and-Whitney test comparing emotion and shape resulted in a U-value

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Basic Emotion and Early-Learned Verbs

Kirkhof Center KC 75

How do you feel when you drop something? While previous research centering on the embodiment perspective has investigated such components as body parts in verb meaning, this study seeks to describe the systematic relation between 102 verbs and emotions. The first survey asked undergraduates to connect 102 early-learned verbs and 7 basic emotions (joy, love, anger, etc). The second survey asked 3-to 5-year-olds to connect the same verbs with 5 everyday emotional words (happy, sad, etc). At a threshold of 50% agreement, 64% of the verbs were associated with a single emotion and 38.4% with a pair of emotions in adults. In children, the results indicate a tie: 50% of the verbs were related to a main emotion and 50% to a pair of emotions. A Mann-and-Whitney test comparing emotion and shape resulted in a U-value