以58名大學生為被試,采用序列啟動范式進行兩個實驗,以探討難易概念與情緒間的內隱聯系。結果顯示,一致條件下(容易-積極情緒、困難-消極情緒;積極情緒-容易、消極情緒-困難)的反應顯著快于不一致條件(容易-消極情緒、困難-積極情緒;積極情緒-困難、消極情緒-容易)。表明容易、困難概念分別承載著積極、消極情緒,積極、消極情緒分別蘊含著容易、困難信息,為難易概念與情緒之間存在雙向映射提供了直接證據。

To explore the implicit links between difficult concepts and emotions,58 college students completed two experiments which applied the sequential priming paradigm.The results showed that participants under the congruent condition(positive emotion/ease,negative emotion/difficulty;ease/positive emotion,difficulty/negative emotion) were processed significantly faster than the incongruent condition(positive emotion/difficulty,negative emotion/ease;ease/negative emotion,difficulty/positive emotion).These results indicate that positive emotion could imply ease,negative emotion could imply difficulty,ease could carry positive emotion,difficulty could carry negative emotion.Taken together,these findings provide direct evidence for the bidirectional mapping of difficult concepts and emotions.