The Effect of Emotional Certainty and Uncertainty on Information Processing

Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (3): 305-310.

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The Effect of Emotional Certainty and Uncertainty on Information Processing

Xie Lili^1,2, Xu Huifang¹, Jiang Yuan³, Fang Ping¹

1 Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037;
2 Criminal Psychology, Department of Criminal, Chinese People's Public Security University, Beijing 100038;
3 Division of Sport Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084

Received:2015-08-10 Online:2016-06-06 Published:2016-05-20

情绪的确定性评价对信息加工的影响

谢丽丽^1，2,徐慧芳¹,姜媛³,方平¹

1 首都师范大学教育学院心理系，北京市“学习与认知”重点实验室，北京 100037;
2 中国人民公安大学犯罪学学院心理学教研室，北京 100038;
3 北京体育大学运动心理学教研室，北京 100084

通讯作者: 方平,E-mail:pfang2007@126.com
基金资助:
国家体育总局重大研究领域一般项目资助（2015B067）

Abstract

Abstract: Here we investigated: 1)the effect of valence on information processing; 2)the effect of emotional certainty and uncertainty on information processing; 3)the psychological mechanism. The results showed that only in the emotions which contain certainty appraisal, the positive emotions promoted heuristic processing, whereas the negative emotions resulted in systematic processing. On the other hand, the emotions contain certainty appraisal promoted heuristic processing, whereas the emotions contain uncertainty appraisal resulted in systematic processing. The effect of emotional certainty and uncertainty on information processing were only limited in positive emotions. Under the condition with attributions, the effect of valence and emotional certainty and uncertainty were all gone. These results suggest that valence and certainty appraisal of emotion affect information processing all by ways of being information which signaled environment.

Key words: valence, certainty appraisal, attribution, information processing

摘要： 检验了情绪的效价和确定性评价对个体的信息加工策略选择的影响及其心理机制。结果表明，情绪效价对个体的信息加工方式的影响会受到情绪确定性评价的调节。高确定评价的情绪中，积极情绪的被试更倾向于采用启发式加工，消极情绪的被试更倾向于采用系统式加工。积极情绪中，高确定评价情绪的被试更倾向于采用启发式加工，低确定评价情绪的被试更倾向于采用系统式加工。当个体对自己产生情绪的原因进行合理归因后，情绪效价和确定性评价对个体信息加工方式的影响效应都消失了，说明情绪的效价和确定性评价均以信息的方式对对个体信息加工策略的选择产生影响。

关键词: 效价, 确定性评价, 归因, 信息加工策略

CLC Number:

B842.1

Xie Lili, Xu Huifang, Jiang Yuan, Fang Ping. The Effect of Emotional Certainty and Uncertainty on Information Processing[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2016, 14(3): 305-310.

谢丽丽,徐慧芳,姜媛,方平. 情绪的确定性评价对信息加工的影响[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2016, 14(3): 305-310.

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