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Cognitive operations associated with individual differences in affect intensity.

R J Larsen1, E Diener, R S Cropanzano

  • 1Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|October 1, 1987
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Individual differences in affect intensity are linked to cognitive operations. People with higher affect intensity use more personalizing and generalizing cognitive strategies when processing emotional stimuli.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Individual differences in emotional response intensity are significant but poorly understood.
  • The cognitive processes underlying varying affective responses to identical stimuli remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between individual differences in affect intensity and specific cognitive operations.
  • To determine if cognitive strategies like personalizing and generalizing differentiate individuals with high versus low affect intensity.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies were conducted to examine cognitive operations during exposure to emotion-relevant stimuli.
  • Participants were assessed for affect intensity, and their cognitive engagement with affective and neutral stimuli was analyzed.

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Main Results:

  • Subjects high in affect intensity demonstrated more personalizing/empathic and generalizing/elaborative cognitive operations than those low in affect intensity.
  • These cognitive differences were observed for both positive and negative emotional stimuli, but not for neutral stimuli.
  • Consistent patterns of emotion-relevant cognitive operations were found across positive and negative affective stimuli.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive operations, particularly personalizing and generalizing, play a key role in differentiating individuals' affect intensity.
  • These findings suggest that cognitive strategies are central to understanding individual variations in emotional experience.