Fear And Anxiety In Horror Movies

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Introduction Horror movies can induce fear in two ways. They can let the suspense of not know give you fear or they can really scare you by play loud sounds and showing frightening scenes (Kudo et al. 2008). Frightening movies can make a person feel nervous or anxious making them feel as if their heart is going to pound right out of there chest. We get startled by the unknown and surprised in films giving us anxiety (Grillona 1999). This study investigates the physiological response of fear that is represented by blood pressure and heart rate. Fear is a natural emotion for humans and animals. Steimer (2002) suggest that the emotion of fear and anxiety to be an indicator that an animal or a human to be in threat, danger, or conflict. This …show more content…

The Hypothesis was that the increased in blood pressure and heart rate would indicate a presence of fear. The change in these measurements gives us the conclusion that our brain is sending neurotransmitters to tell out hear that we are in trouble and need to do something about the situation (LeDoux 2012). This study seeks to provide a more thorough explanation for physiological changes in response to fear using the objective measurements of heart rate, and blood pressure. The participants will view a clip from a horror film that will frighten them. We expect that the participant’s heart rate and blood pressure will increase as they watch the horror clip. When watching the horror clip we expect that the participant’s heart rate and blood pressure to have the greatest increase when they witness the startling portion of the …show more content…

Three line graphs have been created to see a trend in the recorded data of heart rate and blood pressure. The purpose of the line graphs it to observe the trend. To take the measurements recorded and apply a visual image. The p-value for figure one calculates to be P=0.35. Next, the second line graph p-value calculates to be P=0.06. Finally, the last line graphs p-value calculates to be P=.57. In all three graphs, you can see a spike from the basal reading into the ‘during’ time frame. In both blood pressure, you are can see a decline from ‘during’ to ‘4 minutes

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