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You can only be at one point on this scale, meaning you can be experiencing one type of affect to a certain degree (from extremely mild to extremely strong), but not the other at the same time.

People often assume that positive and negative affect are on two opposite ends of a bipolar scale. Positive and negative affectivity not only plays a large role in our day-to-day experience and our enjoyment, our affectivity can also influence our opinions, thoughts, performance, abilities, and even our brain activity! Positive Affect vs. Negative affectivity is negative emotions and expression, which includes sadness, disgust, lethargy, fear, and distress. Positive affectivity refers to positive emotions and expression, including cheerfulness, pride, enthusiasm, energy, and joy. It refers to the emotions or feelings that we experience and display, especially in terms of how these emotions influence us to act and make decisions. The word “affect” is basically a more technical way to talk about emotion and expression.

Positive Affect and Creative Problem Solving.

How Positive and Negative Affect Impact Health.

Other Scales, Tests, and Questionnaires.

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule – The PANAS Scales.

The Psychology of Positive and Negative Affectivity.

These science-based exercises will not only enhance your ability to understand and work with your emotions but will also give you the tools to foster the emotional intelligence of your clients, students or employees. Now that we’ve had our grammar lesson (I apologize if you fell asleep), we can move on to the really important part: figuring out what this third version of the word refers to.īefore you read on, we thought you might like to download our three Emotional Intelligence Exercises for free.

“Affect” in this context is pronounced with the “a” as it is pronounced in “apple.”

However, there’s an easy way to keep them apart: the pronunciation will help! While the first two versions are usually pronounced the same (something like “uh-fekt” or “eh-fekt”), the third version is pronounced with emphasis on the first syllable. (By the way, I have an effect on my spouse and my spelling affects my grade- the “e” spelling is for the noun and the “a” spelling is for the verb). Keeping track of these two different versions can prove challenging already, but you may have seen the third version of this word that actually refers to a completely different idea-now you have another “affect” to add to your vocabulary! Which is which, again? Do I have an affect or an effect on my spouse? Does my spelling affect my grade or effect my grade? The difference between “affect” and “effect” is hard enough for a lot of us to grasp.