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Physiological and behavioral responses to emotional stimuli
Emotionality is the observable behavioral and physiological component of emotion. It is a measure of a person's emotional reactivity to a stimulus. Most of these responses can be observed by other people, while some emotional responses can only be observed by the person experiencing them. Observable responses to emotion do not have a single meaning. A smile can be used to express happiness or anxiety, while a frown can communicate sadness or anger. Emotionality is often used by experimental psychology researchers to operationalize emotion in research studies. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: EmotionalityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Chinese EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Positive Emotionality and Emotion Regulation Strategies: A Qualitative StudyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Catcher in the RyeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Tests for emotionality in rats and mice: A reviewCited 1,294 times
- Go sideways: Emotion perceptionA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Gender and emotional expressionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The state or quality of being emotional.
Noun The observable component of emotion.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Tests for emotionality in rats and mice: A review
The Relations of Regulation and Emotionality to Children's Externalizing and Internalizing Problem Behavior
Emotional behavior in the rat. I. Defecation and urination as measures of individual differences in emotionality.
Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality.
Sex-Specific Programming of Offspring Emotionality after Stress Early in Pregnancy
Dispositional emotionality and regulation: Their role in predicting quality of social functioning.
The HEXACO Honesty-Humility, Agreeableness, and Emotionality Factors
Longitudinal relations of children’s effortful control, impulsivity, and negative emotionality to their externalizing, internalizing, and co-occurring behavior problems.
🆕 Influential since 2022
Chinese EFL Teachers’ Perceptions of Positive Emotionality and Emotion Regulation Strategies: A Qualitative Study
Translanguaging and emotionality of English as a second language (ESL) teachers
Service failures in times of crisis: An analysis of eWOM emotionality
Parental emotionality and power relations in heritage language maintenance: experiences of Chinese and African immigrant families in Australia
Individual differences in naturalistic learning link negative emotionality to the development of anxiety
📚 Books worth reading
The Catcher in the RyeJ. D. Salinger, Shao jia yun · 1945
Retrato en sepiaIsabel Allende · 2000
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson · 1999
The Poisonwood BibleBarbara Kingsolver, Dean Robertson · 1998
Murphy's BoyTorey L Hayden · 1983
TricksEllen Hopkins · 2009
Silent to the boneE. L. Konigsburg · 2000
Developing holistic educationPhilip Seed · 1992
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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