Enclothed Emotion: A Study of Attire and Attention
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-oduhonors1513175740103372021-08-03T07:05:08Z Enclothed Emotion: A Study of Attire and Attention Haynes, Alexis J. Psychology Outside stimuli are known to affect cognitive processes (e.g., noise from a TV can affect how well a person attends to reading). The theory of embodied cognition extends this research to clothing. For example, participants who were primed to think their lab coat belonged to a doctor, were more attentive to detail on a change detection task than those who thought their coat belonged to a painter (Adam & Galinsky, 2012). Similarly, helping behavior was affected by a person wearing scrubs they believed belonged to a nurse rather than a cleaner (Lopez-Perez, Ambrona, Wilson, & Khalil, 2016). The current study combined key ideas from previous studies of clothing and emotion. Participants wore formal clothing into the lab and were randomly assigned to a positive prime (dressed for a wedding) or negative prime (dressed for a funeral). Participants completed the Positive and Negative Affect Scales to measure any emotional effect of the prime. Finally, participants completed a Stroop task to measure the effect of the prime on attention. Results showed greater positive than negative affect regardless of condition. Stroop results did not support the predicted effect of greater disruption on primed trials (e.g., longer reaction times when the Stroop word matched the prime), but were consistent with research on semantic priming and terror management theory. 2017 English text Ohio Dominican University Honors Theses / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oduhonors151317574010337 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oduhonors151317574010337 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: some rights reserved. It is licensed for use under a Creative Commons license. Specific terms and permissions are available from this document's record in the OhioLINK ETD Center. |
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