Study Strack et al. (1985): study XZ Germany West 1983
- Public
- University students, West Germany, 1983
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 36
- Non Response
- 20%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Current reminiscence
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Subjects were asked to write down either positive or negative life-events from their past.
EXPERIMENTAL VARIATIONS
-Pallid recall:"recall 3 very pleasant
or unpleasant events and describe them
in a few sentences".Four lines were
provided for each event.
-Vivid recall:"imagine 1 event and
re-experience it as vividly as
possible". Subjects were provided two
pages with 21 lines to describe the
event.
Next, subjects were asked to rate their happines.
Observed Relation with Happiness
POSITIVE EVENT
-pallid recall Mt=5.8 b
-vivid recall Mt=8.1 c
NEGATIVE EVENT
-pallid recall Mt=7.4 ac
-vivid recall Mt=6.9 ab
Means sharing a common subscript do not differ significantly on adirectional t-test (05).
In Vivid recall-variation the effect is largely mediated by mood. In Pallid recall-variation not.