Event Title
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
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