... to the Schachter-Singer theory, an event causes physiological arousal first. The reason for this arousal must then be identified so that the emotion can be experienced. Lazarus Theory claims that a thought must come before any emotion or physiological arousal can be experienced. This experiment measured how different types of stimuli cause emotional mood change and how these mood changes can be detected physiologically. Participants watched three short video clips: a video clip from 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café', a video clip of Jasper Carrot from his stand-up comedy routine and television series 'The Detectives' and a video clip of cars driving on a motorway. Their mood was measured before and after watching the clip. There were two measures taken: the participant's blood pressure and a VAS filled out by participant for a subjective measure of their mood. As well as these, the participant's heart rate was measured ...

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