难易概念的情绪隐喻及其双向映射

The Emotional Metaphor of Difficult Concepts and its Bidirectional Mapping

以58名大学生为被试,采用序列启动范式进行两个实验,以探讨难易概念与情绪间的内隐联系。结果显示,一致条件下(容易-积极情绪、困难-消极情绪;积极情绪-容易、消极情绪-困难)的反应显著快于不一致条件(容易-消极情绪、困难-积极情绪;积极情绪-困难、消极情绪-容易)。表明容易、困难概念分别承载着积极、消极情绪,积极、消极情绪分别蕴含着容易、困难信息,为难易概念与情绪之间存在双向映射提供了直接证据。

To explore the implicit links between difficult concepts and emotions,58 college students completed two experiments which applied the sequential priming paradigm.The results showed that participants under the congruent condition(positive emotion/ease,negative emotion/difficulty;ease/positive emotion,difficulty/negative emotion)were processed significantly faster than the incongruent condition(positive emotion/difficulty,negative emotion/ease;ease/negative emotion,difficulty/positive emotion).These results indicate that positive emotion could imply ease,negative emotion could imply difficulty,ease could carry positive emotion,difficulty could carry negative emotion.Taken together,these findings provide direct evidence for the bidirectional mapping of difficult concepts and emotions.