Abstract
Personality and emotion theories conceptualize the affect which refers to differences in how individual response to subjective aspect of emotional and motivational states as well as the processes. Prior researches have explored the dynamics of momentary emotional experiences by situational process; and the enduring dispositional differences in study of traits. The current study was aimed at developing Pictorial Situational Judgement Test (P-SJT), based on a semi-projective approach for assessment of affect. Initially a pool of 100 items covering positive affect and negative affect dimension was developed based on critical incidents obtained from male and female college-going students of India. The 60 item P-SJT was evaluated with content validity. The article emphasizes the developmental procedure of pictorial situational judgment test of affect and the P-SJT should be useful for the researchers interested in investigating individual differences in identifying emotional states and traits. Limitations and directions for future research are also addressed.
Highlights
The concept of affect includes emotion, motivation, moods and feelings
The Behavioural Approach System (BAS) and the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) connects emotion with neurobiological system. This is based on Gray’s (1972) theory of personality which suggests that Extraversion and Neuroticism results from two neurological systems (BAS and BIS) which respond to cues of reward and punishment respectively
In order to check the fidelity of the response alternatives, frequency of ratings of all the four response alternatives across the sample of 250 students was plotted on a normal probability curve
Summary
The concept of affect includes emotion, motivation, moods and feelings. Motivation and emotion originated from the word “moving experience”. The Behavioural Approach System (BAS) and the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) connects emotion with neurobiological system This is based on Gray’s (1972) theory of personality which suggests that Extraversion and Neuroticism results from two neurological systems (BAS and BIS) which respond to cues of reward and punishment respectively. The Temperamental Theory of Personality by Cloninger (1986, 1991) described about the positive and negative affect. The dimension of this Biosocial Model is Novelty Seeking and Harm Avoidance (Cloninger, 1986, 1991). Many theories assume that positive and negative affect are fundamental components of personality structure. In a meta-analysis, McDaniel, Hartman, Whetzel, and Grubb (2007) found that job knowledge measured by SJTs was a valid predictor of job performance and personality traits were positively related to knowledge measured by SJTs
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