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The nature of awe: Elicitors, appraisals, and effects on self-concept
Abstract
Awe has been defined as an emotional response to perceptually vast stimuli that overwhelm current mental structures, yet facilitate attempts at accommodation. Four studies are presented showing the information-focused nature of awe elicitors, documenting the self-diminishing effects of awe experience, and exploring the effects of awe on the content of the self-concept. Study 1 documented the information-focused, asocial nature of awe elicitors in participant narratives. Study 2 contrasted the stimulus-focused, self-diminishing nature of appraisals and feelings associated with a prototypical awe experience with the self-focused appraisals and feelings associated with pride. Study 3 found that dispositional awe-proneness, but not dispositional joy or pride, was associated with low Need for Cognitive Closure, and also documented a relationship between dispositional awe and increased emphasis on membership in “universal” categories in participants’ self-concepts. Study 4 replicated the self-concept finding from Study 3 using experimentally elicited awe. Implications for future work on awe are discussed.
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- Authors
- Shiota, M. N., Keltner, D., & Mossman, A.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shiota, Michelle N.
- Venue
- Cognition and Emotion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2007-07-19
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 944-963
- ISSN
- 0269-9931 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0600
- OpenAlex
- W2099404678
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- FWCI
- 0.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cognition & Emotion (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Keywords
- awe, self-concept, need for cognitive closure, dispositional awe, pride, joy, universal categories, emotion and cognition
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