Recognition and Approach Responses Toward Threatening Objects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12952136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oliver Genschow (0000-0001-6322-4392, University of Mannheim, corresponding author), Arnd Florack (0000-0001-9906-0043, University of Vienna), Michaela Wänke (0000-0003-0413-9838, University of Mannheim) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 86-92 |
| Publication date | 2013-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Verlag (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000163 |
| OpenAlex | W1967893102 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 37 |
Previous research suggests that positive stimuli are often approached as well as recognized faster than negative stimuli. We argue that this effect does not hold if negative stimuli are associated with threat. Based on fear module theory ( Öhman & Mineka, 2001 , 2003 ), we argue that individuals recognize threatening stimuli faster than positive stimuli because of a constant monitoring of the environment for threatening objects. Moreover, based on the assumption of a motivational account underlying approach-avoidance responses ( Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010 ), we assume the recognition then directly evokes a careful and slow approach of threatening objects. Applying a response time task that measures approach movement and recognition times within the same task, we found that individuals recognize threatening pictures faster than positive pictures, but approach the threatening pictures slower than the positive pictures
Cognitive psychology · Task (project management · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Fears, phobias, and preparedness
Emotion drives attention
Event-related potentials and recognition memory
Embodiment in Attitudes, Social Perception, and Emotion
Approach and avoidance in fear of spiders
The Malicious Serpent
Consequences of Automatic Evaluation
Reflective and Impulsive Determinants of Social Behavior
The Go/No-Go Association Task
When danger lurks in the background
The Role of Fear-Relevant Stimuli in Visual Search
Recognizing masked threat
Predispositions to approach and avoid are contextually sensitive and goal dependent
Unresolved problems with the “I”, the “A”, and the “T”
Indirectly measuring evaluations of several attitude objects in relation to a neutral reference point
Movement direction or change in distance? Self- and object-related approach–avoidance motions
On the primacy of affect
The generality of the automatic attitude activation effect
Why positive information is processed faster
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |