Recognition and approach responses toward threatening objects

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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, 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.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftSocial Psychology
Jahrgang45
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)86-92
Anzahl der Seiten7
ISSN1864-9335
DOIs
PublikationsstatusErschienen - 2014
Extern publiziertJa

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