Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Psychol Gen. 2009 Feb;138(1):131–145. doi: 10.1037/a0014797

Table 1.

Means and standard deviations for slide ratings

Experiment 1, 2, & 4
Valence P-value/Arousal P-value
Condition Valence Arousal HA-A HA-B LA-A LA-B


High Arousal A 5.6 (1.8) 6.0 (.78) - / -
High Arousal B 5.5 (1.8) 6.0 (.78) .74/.78 - / -
Low Arousal A 5.6 (1.3) 3.5 (.78) .91/<.01 .83/<.01 - / -
Low Arousal B 5.6 (1.2) 3.3 (.93) .94/<.01 .80/<.01 .97/.32 - / -

Experiment 3
Valence P-value/Arousal P-value
Condition Valence Arousal PHA PMA NHA NMA


Positive HA 7.0 (.65) 6.1 (.71) - / -
Positive MA 7.3 (.52) 4.2 (.74) .45/<.01 - / -
Negative HA 3.8 (.95) 6.2 (.65) <.01/.97 <.01/<.01 - / -
Negative MA 3.4 (.82) 4.4 (.70) <.01/<.01 <.01/.54 .22/<.01 - / -
Control 5.7 (.93) 3.1 (.82) <.01/<.01 <.01/<.01 <.01/<.01 <.01/<.01

Notes. Experiment 4 only used the high arousing images. HA = High Arousal, MA = Medium Arousal, PHA = Positive High Arousal, PMA = Positive Medium Arousal, NHA = Negative High Arousal, NMA = Negative Medium Arousal. Standard deviations are in parentheses. IAPS image numbers used in either Exp. 1, 2, 3, or 4: 1030, 1040, 1051, 1120, 1220, 1240, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1321, 1540, 1590, 1600, 1603, 1604, 1610, 1930, 1931, 2040, 2070, 2100, 2110, 2372, 2383, 2800, 2900, 4599, 4601, 4606, 4608, 4653, 4660, 5000, 5001, 5010, 5030, 5201, 5220, 5470, 5500, 5510, 5621, 5628, 5629, 5660, 5700, 5731, 5750, 5800, 5900, 5950, 5970, 5982, 5991, 6230, 3250, 6260, 6300, 6510, 6570, 6900, 6910, 7000, 7004, 7009, 7010, 7025, 7030, 7034, 7035, 7040, 7050, 7080, 7090, 7095, 7096, 7100, 7130, 7140, 7150, 7175, 7186, 7187, 7190, 7205, 7207, 7211, 7224, 7237, 7238, 7490, 7500, 7545, 7560, 7595, 7640, 7705, 7820, 7830, 8021, 8030, 8031, 8040, 8041, 8080, 8160, 8161, 8180, 8185, 8200, 8250, 8260, 8300, 8340, 8350, 8370, 8400, 8470, 9622.