乐观者、悲观者的情绪反应特点:生理的依据

Emotional Responses from Optimists and Pessimists: Physiological Evidence

为了检测乐观者和悲观者的积极情绪与消极情绪反应特点,研究在实验室诱发积极、消极情绪,并比较乐观者、悲观者在情绪体验主观报告、生理指标方面的变化。结果显示对正性刺激,乐观者主观报告无积极情绪唤起,但生理指标显示有情绪唤起。乐观者对负性刺激在主观报告和生理层面均表现出消极情绪的唤起,悲观者在主观报告、生理变化层面均表现出相应的积极、消极情绪唤起。

The present study aims to probe into positive or negative emotional responses from optimists andpessimists, by comparing the changes in their self-reports and physiological indicators. The results show the fol- lowing： positive emotions were not expressed in the optimists＇ self-report but in their physiological indicators; negative emotions were both expressed in the optimists＇ self-report and physiological indicators, but positive or negative emotions were expressed in the pessimists＇ self-report and physiological indicators; no significant differ- ence was found in positive or negative emotional responses between the optimists and the pessimists.