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The Effects of Fear and Happiness on Intertemporal Decision Making: The Proposed Approach/Avoidance (Inhibition) Motivation Model

Zhao, Jinling

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
The approach/avoidance (inhibition) motivation is evidenced in both humans and lower organisms. The current study proposed the approach/avoidance (inhibition) motivation model to predict and explain the effects of fear and happiness on intertemporal decision making. Participants (N = 237) were randomly assigned to 3 conditions: the fearful condition, the happy condition, and the neutral condition. Movie clips were used to induce fear and happiness. Happiness activates the approach motivation and fear activates the avoidance motivation. Results showed that participants in the happy condition approached rewards as soon as possible and approach losses as late as possible, and that participants in the fearful condition avoided potential threats (smaller rewards and larger losses) as possible as they could. However, participants in the fearful condition had no difference from those in the neutral condition. Possible reasons were discussed. Methodological and other limitations were also discussed.
Ronaldo Vigo, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Keith Markman, Dr. (Committee Member)
Zoocola Peggy, Dr. (Committee Member)
52 p.

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  • Zhao, J. (2015). The Effects of Fear and Happiness on Intertemporal Decision Making: The Proposed Approach/Avoidance (Inhibition) Motivation Model [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426718437

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhao, Jinling. The Effects of Fear and Happiness on Intertemporal Decision Making: The Proposed Approach/Avoidance (Inhibition) Motivation Model . 2015. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426718437.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhao, Jinling. "The Effects of Fear and Happiness on Intertemporal Decision Making: The Proposed Approach/Avoidance (Inhibition) Motivation Model ." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426718437

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)