Approach-Avoidance Behaviors as a Function of Pleasantness and Arousing Quality of Settings and Individual Differences in Stimulus Screening.

Hines, Melissa; Mehrabian, Albert

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Publication Date: 1979

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Approach-Avoidance Behaviors as a Function of Pleasantness and Arousing Quality of Settings and Individual Differences in Stimulus Screening.

Hines, Melissa; Mehrabian, Albert

Social Behavior and Personality, v7 n2 p223-33 1979

The pleasure-arousal hypothesis predicts an interaction between pleasure and arousal levels in determining approach-avoidance, such that approach increases with arousal in pleasant settings and decreases with arousal in unpleasant settings. Results support this hypothesis. (Author)

Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Affiliation Need, Arousal Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Emotional Response, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Responses

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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