Comparing measures of approach–avoidance behaviour: The manikin task vs. two versions of the joystick task

Krieglmeyer, Regina; Deutsch, Roland

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“…This analysis is consistent with previous research on the Manikin Task (Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010), which also analyzes these behaviors using difference scores (i.e. the approach/avoid index).…”

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“…In order to assess participants' motivational state after each video, we had them complete a reaction time task in which they responded to affective pictures (HarmonJones, Lueck, Fearn, & Harmon-Jones, 2006). These types of behavioral tasks are employed to assess natural approach/avoidance behavior because they are manageable and remain valid indicators of behavioral reactions (Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010). Here we used the computerized Manikin Task, which required participants to move a manikin (i.e., a computerized human figure) either towards or away from affectively salient images depending on task instructions (De Houwer, et al, 2001).…”

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Motivational orientation: Manipulation through films of affective expression

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In two studies we examined whether people can "catch" the motivations and emotions expressed by another person. In the Study 1, participants viewed three videos of an individual demonstrating fear, excitement, and neutral reactions while electromyography (EMG) was recorded. After each video, they completed a manikin task where they approached or avoided positive or negative pictures. Participants showed less corrugator activity-associated with negative emotional stimuli and negative mood state-after viewing the excitement video condition. Participants were faster to approach positive pictures after the excitement video than after the fear video. In contrast, participants were faster to approach negative pictures after the fear video than after the excitement video. In study two, participants watched the same videos and then rated their response to the positive and negative pictures used in Study 1. Here, we found that the videos consistently affected the participants to respond complimentary to the pictures.iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS MMean: the sum of a set of measurements divided by the number of measurements in the set

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“…Other research suggests that individuals approach positive stimuli faster than negative stimuli (Brendl et al, 2005;Chen & Bargh, 1999;De Houwer et al, 2001;Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010;van Dantzig et al, 2008). For example, Chen and Bargh (1999) demonstrated that participants responded faster toward positive stimuli by pulling (approach) than by pushing (avoidance) a lever, and faster toward negative stimuli by pushing (avoidance) a lever than by pulling (approach) it.…”

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“…In this sense, any movement can represent approach if the response elicits a virtual movement of the stimuli toward the participants, or avoidance if the response causes a virtual movement of the stimuli away from the participants (Morange & Bloch, 1996;Seibt et al, 2008;van Dantzig et al, 2008;von Hofsten & Rçnnqvist, 1988). Irrespective of how approach and avoidance movements are defined, it is generally agreed that the recognition and evaluation of a stimulus activates a related behavioral schema (Eder & Rothermund, 2008;Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010;Lavender & Hommel, 2007;Strack & Deutsch, 2004). That is, the recognition of positive stimuli activates behavioral approach schemata and the recognition of negative stimuli activates behavioral avoidance schemata.…”

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“…In this article, we hypothesize that this might not hold true when negativity is related to threat. Based on fear module theory (Öhman & Mineka, 2001(Öhman & Mineka, , 2003 and the assumption of a motivational account underlying approach-avoidance responses (Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010), we assume that individuals recognize threatening stimuli faster and approach them more slowly than positive stimuli. …”

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Recognition and Approach Responses Toward Threatening Objects

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Abstract. Previous research suggests that positive stimuli are often approached as well as recognized faster than negative stimuli. We argue that this effect does not hold if negative stimuli are associated with threat. Based on fear module theory (Öhman & Mineka, 2001(Öhman & Mineka, , 2003, we argue that individuals recognize threatening stimuli faster than positive stimuli because of a constant monitoring of the environment for threatening objects. Moreover, based on the assumption of a motivational account underlying approach-avoidance responses (Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010), we assume the recognition then directly evokes a careful and slow approach of threatening objects. Applying a response time task that measures approach movement and recognition times within the same task, we found that individuals recognize threatening pictures faster than positive pictures, but approach the threatening pictures slower than the positive pictures. In this article, we hypothesize that this might not hold true when negativity is related to threat. Based on fear module theory (Öhman & Mineka, 2001(Öhman & Mineka, , 2003 and the assumption of a motivational account underlying approach-avoidance responses (Krieglmeyer & Deutsch, 2010), we assume that individuals recognize threatening stimuli faster and approach them more slowly than positive stimuli. Responses Toward Positive and Negative StimuliResearch has repeatedly shown that individuals are faster at consciously recognizing positive stimuli than negative stimuli (Bargh et al., 1992;Unkelbach et al., 2008Unkelbach et al., , 2010. For example, Bargh et al. (1992) found that positive attitude objects were evaluated more quickly than negative ones. Similarly, Unkelbach et al. (2010) found that individuals are faster at identifying positive compared to negative words. In what they referred to as the density hypothesis, the authors account for this phenomenon by arguing that positive information is more densely organized than negative information and that this increased density in turn leads to faster identification of positive stimuli.Other research suggests that individuals approach positive stimuli faster than negative stimuli (Brendl et al

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Comparing measures of approach–avoidance behaviour: The manikin task vs. two versions of the joystick task

Cited by 205 publications

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Motivational orientation: Manipulation through films of affective expression

Motivational orientation: Manipulation through films of affective expression

Recognition and Approach Responses Toward Threatening Objects

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