When researchers want to elicit brief emotional reactions, researchers can show participants various pictures that are expected to make participants feel a certain way.

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- Affective Images 
- Recall of Emotional Memories
- Films
- Music
- Scripted Social Interactions
- Naturally Occurring Emotions

Manipulating Emotions

Niedenthal, P. M., & Ric, F. (2017). Psychology of Emotion (2nd ed.). Psychology Press.

Psychology of Emotion

Affective Images 

This method of inducing emotion requires participants to think of events they experienced in the past as a way to bring about those emotions again.

Recall of Emotional Memories

Films can be a way to induce emotions in participants. Experimenters show the participants film segments that are known to elicit particular emotions and reactions in most people.

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