The Effect of Mood and Pleasant Versus Unpleasant Information Feedback on Performing a Motor Skill

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ID10123822
AuthorsMark H Anshel (New Mexico State University, corresponding author)
Year1988
Volume115
Issue2
Pages117-129
Publication date1988-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309.1988.9711095
PMID3385411
OpenAlexW2042440071
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

The effect of negative, positive, or neutral feedback on a rotary pursuit task as a function of the subject's depressed or elated mood was ascertained. Specifically, the self-schema hypothesis was examined. Ninety female volunteers, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years, participated. They were randomly assigned to one of eight conditions based on depressed or elated mood states, elicited by Velten's (1968) mood induction procedure, and feedback. A control group received no feedback and was not subjected to a mood inducing treatment. Baseline measures and changes in mood were determined by the Multiple Adjective Affective Checklist (MAACL). Bogus feedback was offered after all but one of the trials. The subjects' mood changed significantly during the mood-inducing treatment. For motor performance, partial support was lent to self-schema. Elated and depressed subjects performed best under positive and negative feedback, respectively. The effects, however, were temporary

Adjective check list · Audiology · Checklist · Cognitive psychology · Depressed mood · Developmental psychology · Mood · Negative mood · Personality · Schema (genetic algorithms · Action Observation and Synchronization · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Clinical Psychology · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance

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