Effects of levels of pleasantness and vividness on mood and recall

Author

Ibolya Yolas, Pace University
Melissa Pelkey, Pace University
Tiffany Porter, Pace University

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

5

Number

2

Page Numbers

pages 52-60

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

1997

Abstract

Undergraduate university students (N=118) participated in the experiment examining the effects of pleasantness level and vividness level on mood and recall. A pleasant and an unpleasant story were manipulated to construct the subdued and vivid version of the story. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental conditions: (a) pleasant-subdued (b) pleasant-vivid, (c) unpleasant-subdued or (d) unpleasant-vivid A mood scale was administered before and after the presentation of the text. An additional test was used to measure recall. The results indicated significant main effect for level of vividness on mood F (1,111) = 558, p <.05. Mood was found to be a significant predictor variable of recall R = .25 R2= .066, F (1,111) = 786 These findings might be applicable to any area concerned with mood alteration.

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

9 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 5 no. 2 1997

Rights

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Recommended Citation

Yolas, Ibolya; Pelkey, Melissa; and Porter, Tiffany (1997) "Effects of levels of pleasantness and vividness on mood and recall," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 5: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol5/iss2/4