Erasmu Psychology of Time: Current Trends

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The main research involved 200 adults randomly placed in four groups.

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Participants completed a 15-items self-reported Emotionality Inventory based on the emotions evoked.

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The material used in the pilot research consisted of only negative excerpts.

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Emotions were presented to participants in a fixed order.

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The participants rated evoked emotions on a five-point Likert-type scale.

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The comparative study focused on the impact of text and audio media.

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Both video and text contribute equally to time subjectivisation according to the main results.

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Cognitive processing of temporal information incorporates psychological and physical knowledge domains.

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Visual stimuli must be longer than 100-120 ms to be perceived accurately.

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Listeners have difficulty grouping sounds when the interval exceeds 1.5 seconds.

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According to Vierordt's law, people underestimate short durations and overestimate long durations.

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Positive feelings are generally overestimated when it comes to the perception of time.

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The cut-off point for short and long durations is consistently set at exactly 5 minutes.

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Emotion can influence time estimation by affecting the organism's internal clock mechanism.

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Cognitive models of psychological time suggest it is a product of memory and attention processes.

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Increased fear and anxiety are related to the perception of time passing quickly.

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Biological models of psychological time only involve external factors in measuring time duration.

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Subjective time is influenced by an individual's processing of incoming information.

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Overestimation of time duration is commonly reported during routine daily activities.

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Time is often seen solely as a subjective experience in psychology.

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Subjective time can vary depending on whether a person is expecting a pleasant or unpleasant event.

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Jean-Marie Guyau developed a model that views time as an inherited trait.

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Negative auditory stimuli are often perceived as having a shorter duration than positive sounds.

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The concept of psychological time includes aspects such as succession, duration, and temporal perspective.

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Children's understanding of time evolves from Non-Kinematic to Kinematic concepts.

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The emotional valence of a text affects readers' estimation of the duration of described events.

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The perception of time is equally influenced by film and text media.

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Two events must be separated by a significant temporal interval to be perceived as different.

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Temporal reasoning involves conditional statements relating to the duration of events.

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An event can be perceived successfully only if it lasts for longer than one second.

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Psychological time is unrelated to the concepts of distance and velocity.

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In temporal reasoning, multiple logical answers can exist for certain problems.

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Experiential time reflects subjective estimations and is always accurate in relation to real time.

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Subjective time is directly influenced by emotions.

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The role of visual-video presentations is ineffective in enhancing students' performance compared to verbal presentations.

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Mood has no impact on the estimation of an event's duration.

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Time appears to fly during pleasant events and drags during unpleasant events, according to common belief.

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Psychological time includes both experiential time and logical time.

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Suspense or terror scenes in films are often estimated by spectators to last longer than they actually do.

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The emotional content of information can alter the real duration of events.

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The experiment involved 243 students aged 16-17.

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The term 'light-year' is a known concept that relates to measuring time.

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Cognitive conflict emerges from the availability of information and awareness of correct answers.

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The role of conflict in the experiment was only related to self-image.

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Participants with continuous access to information perceived themselves more positively than their peers.

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The study focused solely on psychology and did not include physics concepts.

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The results indicated that generalized knowledge is produced through a post-experimental task.

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The experiment utilized solely qualitative methods for data collection.

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Flashcards

How does Physics view Time?

Time in physics is seen as objective, measurable, and unchanging. It's like a ruler for how long things take.

What is Psychological Time?

Psychology explores how we perceive and understand time in relation to our thoughts and actions. It's about our experience of time.

Three Aspects of Psychological Time

Psychological Time involves three key aspects: sequencing events, judging how long they last, and our perspective on them.

Piaget's Time Development.

Piaget's research on children's understanding of time shows how their grasp of time evolves. It shifts from a simple understanding based on movement to a more complex, problem-solving approach.

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Kinematic Time

Kinematic Time links time to motion and distance. It's like understanding time through the movement of objects.

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Non-Kinematic Time

Non-Kinematic Time uses reasoning and logic to solve time problems. It's like thinking about time using if-then statements.

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Duration Perception

To perceive an event, it needs to be longer than a few milliseconds. Two events must have enough time between them to be perceived as distinct.

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Factors Influencing Time Perception

Our perception of time can be manipulated by factors like our focus, mood, and even the environment.

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Subjective Time

A subjective experience of time where our perception of duration is influenced by emotions, leading to time feeling longer or shorter than it actually is.

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Objective Time

The objective measurement of time as recorded by a clock or watch.

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Experiential Time

The way we experience the length of events based on our feelings and memories. It can be different from objective time.

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Logical Time

A theoretical framework that focuses on reasoning about time, allowing us to understand its properties and relationships.

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Subjectivisation

The distortion of time perception caused by emotions. For instance, time can feel slower during fear or suspense.

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Time-Emotion-Viewing/Reading

The idea that the emotional content of information can significantly influence how we perceive the duration of events.

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Time-Emotion-Music

Describes the relationship between time, emotion, and music. How music can affect our perception of time and our emotional state.

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Psychological Time

The study of how time is experienced, understood, and represented within the human mind. This includes how emotions impact our perception of duration.

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Visual Perception Threshold

The minimum duration required for us to register a visual stimulus, typically around 110-130 milliseconds.

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Auditory Perception Threshold

The minimum duration required for us to register an auditory stimulus, typically around 10-50 milliseconds.

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Estimated Duration

The subjective experience of how long a task takes, which is often inaccurate, especially for short and long durations.

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Vierordt's Law

A phenomenon where we tend to overestimate the length of short time intervals and underestimate the length of long time intervals.

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Biological Time Models

Psychological theories that suggest the brain contains internal clocks that allow us to measure and judge time duration.

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Cognitive Time Models

Psychological theories that propose that our perception of time is influenced by cognitive processes, such as memory and attention.

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Guyau's Time Theory

A theory about how we perceive time, suggesting that individuals acquire the ability to organize mental representations of past events, allowing us to store and remember them.

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Psychological Time Theories

A broad category of psychological theories that explore the subjective experience of time, drawing from both biological and cognitive perspectives.

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Emotional Influence on Time Perception

Our perception of time can be influenced by our emotional state. Positive events tend to be underestimated, while negative ones are overestimated.

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Emotion and Cognitive Processing

Emotion can affect our attention, memory, and learning. Positive moods can make us more focused, while negative moods can lead to selective attention.

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Emotion and Time Estimation

Our emotions can influence how we perceive the duration of events. For instance, increased excitement makes time seem to pass quickly, while fear or anxiety slows it down.

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Subjective Time Perception

Time perception is subjective and can be influenced by our expectations of events. We tend to overestimate the duration of unpleasant events and underestimate the duration of pleasant ones.

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Auditory Stimuli and Time Perception

Our perception of time can be influenced by the type of stimuli we are exposed to. For example, negative sounds may be perceived as longer than positive ones.

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Time Perception and Memory

While time perception is subjective, recent research suggests that when we recall past events, time may seem to have shifted in our memories.

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Source of Information and Time Perception

While emotion plays a role in time perception, the way we process information from different sources, like text compared to images or sounds, can also affect our judgment of time.

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The Complexities of Time Perception

The perception of time is complex and multi-faceted. Many factors can influence our subjective experience of time, including emotional state, type of stimuli, and cognitive processes.

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Time as a Physics Concept

The understanding of time as a concept within physics, especially how it's used in the context of measurement and how it relates to motion.

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Cognitive Conflict

The process of learning new information, often triggered by encountering conflicting ideas or evidence.

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Experimental Paradigm

A technique used in research where participants are presented with a problem that challenges their existing understanding.

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Generalized Knowledge

The ability of individuals to understand and apply new knowledge to different situations or problems.

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Image of Self, the Other, and the Task

The mental representation or model we have of ourselves, others, and the task at hand.

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Positive Self-Image

The way individuals perceive themselves positively while viewing others and the task less favorably.

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Conflict and Knowledge Production

The role of cognitive conflict in helping individuals understand and apply new knowledge, leading to a deeper understanding.

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Time Subjectivisation

The distortion of our perception of time caused by our emotional state. Time can feel faster or slower depending on our emotions.

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Temporal Representations

The process of establishing a sense of how long an event lasts, based on our perception and experience.

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Video and Text Effects on Temporal Representation

The idea that both videos and text can influence how we experience the duration of events, but they don't completely determine it.

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Study Notes

  • Various scientific approaches investigate time, often associating it with physics (objective measurement) but also as a fundamental aspect of human life and activity.
  • Psychological time involves perception, comprehension, and construction of event succession and duration. Key aspects are succession, duration, and perspective.
  • Cognitive development of time is explored via research, particularly Piaget (1946), focusing on kinematic time (in relation to distance and velocity) and non-kinematic time (related to problem-solving).
  • Non-kinematic Time is further divided into duration and succession concepts, relating to initial and final states. Time is also studied in relation to a temporal reasoning framework
  • Temporal reasoning is an expression of time through relations, e.g. IF A starts before B and A stops after B, THEN A last for a longer duration.
  • Time perception is linked to duration thresholds. Humans can perceive events longer than a few milliseconds and require an adequate duration interval for distinguishing multiple events. Sensory systems play a role in the perception of time. (e.g., visual stimuli needing more than 110-130ms and auditory 10-50ms to be perceived).
  • Estimations of time duration are often biased. People tend to overestimate short durations and underestimate significant long durations. Known as Vierordt's law.
  • Psychological time is a product of brain mechanisms, in which internal clocks enable the measurement and judgment of time duration. This complements the cognitive models proposing psychological time from information processing that utilizes memory and attention.
  • The experience of time varies with emotional states (e.g., pleasant events as faster, unpleasant as slower).
  • Moods and emotions significantly impact time estimation, with pleasant experiences often leading to underestimated duration and unpleasant ones to overestimation.
  • Temporal aspects of cognition and age play a vital role in understanding time perception, including tasks concerning age estimation and duration perception.
  • The role of conflict is studied in relation to knowledge production. Experimentation, using events deemed (by students) to be unfamiliar with physics, is employed.
  • The use of conflict helps students to produce generalised knowledge or understanding about time.

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