Genova, Margarita (2022) Perceived Synchrony and Positive and Negative Affect. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In the current research we investigate the influence of perceived synchrony, focusing on how people’s levels of positive and negative affect change after observing non-verbal synchrony. One hundred and thirty-one participants were shown a video of a dance crew performing a hip-hop dance routine in synchrony or in asynchrony, after which their levels of positive and negative affect were measured. We hypothesised that people will experience more positive affect after observing the synchronous dance performance, compared to after observing the asynchronous dance performance. In addition, we hypothesised that people will experience fewer negative affect after observing synchronous dancing, contrasted to after observing asynchronous one. We found that there was no difference in the levels of positive affect and in those of negative affect between conditions, thus perceived synchrony does not influence positive affect or negative affect. Additionally, we tested whether gender plays a moderator role in the relation between synchrony and affect. Contrary to our hypothesis, gender did not moderate the relationship either between perceived synchrony and positive affect or between perceived synchrony and negative affect. Keywords: observed synchrony, perceived non-verbal synchrony, positive affect, negative affect, gender difference, dance
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mourik Broekman, A. van |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2022 08:36 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2022 08:36 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/464 |
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