Film-induced arousal, information search, and the attribution process.
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Vol. 25 (3) , 357-360
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0034206
Abstract
Exposed female undergraduates to a placebo jet of compressed "pharmacological" gas throughout their viewing of an arousing film. 15 Ss who were given gas side effect information consistent with a state of arousal reported feeling less anxious while viewing the film than 30 Ss who received either no side effect information or no gas at all. The hypothesized information search process associated with Ss who lack adequate explanation for their internal state was investigated by assessing Ss' recall of content of the film. Ss who lacked adequate explanation for their arousal state recalled more of the stimulus material than Ss who were induced to misattribute their symptoms to the gas. Results support the hypothesized information search process within the framework of attribution theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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