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can somebody pleeaaassee answer my question about weather's effects on human emotion?? please?? i REALLY need this!

2007-02-25 03:47:53 · 6 answers · asked by Chelsea 2 in Social Science Psychology

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I can give you one study- but I can't cite the source, sux, hunh?
Anyway, there was a study done in which two distant locations in the US were chosen- one I believe was Texas, and the other was a town in the Northeast. The point is, before I explain how, that when people think about the actual weather conditions, they are less likely to be influenced by it in terms of their mood and how they view heir lives.
When they don't even consider the weather, let aone weather as background, they are more likely to let weather influence them.
So, there were experimenters who did random telephone surveys, in regard to Life Satisfaction.
In one condition, the experimenters would just start right in with their Life Satisfaction surveys. And people in rainy areas were overall les happy with their lives than those in sunnier areas- one the same exact day, etc.
BUT, when the experimenters would ask people on the phone how the weather was over there in Anytown, USA, like it was just chit-chat...
well, people were in the rainy areas were more likely to be as happy with life as people in the sunny areas!
So, if you aware that the weather can be a big damper on you, then you are more likely to be consistently upbeat.
And if you don't remind yourself, even UNCONSCIOUSLY of this simple fact, then you're liekly to be as fickle as Mother Nature hersefl.
Kind of makes you wonder if this is a good part of the reason that we tend to "talk about the weather"!
Maybe the person you're talking to will adjust their mood, if the weather is drab, and then continue to have a sunny conversation with you!

2007-02-25 03:51:51 · answer #1 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0 0

There is a thing called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), in which a person experiences depression during the winter months. They believe that this may be due to the lack of sunlight. It is more common the farther away people live from the equator.
Common symptoms of SAD include the following:

A change in appetite, especially a craving for sweet or starchy foods
Weight gain
A heavy feeling in the arms or legs
A drop in energy level
Fatigue
A tendency to oversleep
Difficulty concentrating
Irritability
Increased sensitivity to social rejection
Avoidance of social situations
Symptoms of SAD keep coming back year after year, and they tend to come and go at about the same time every year.
SAD is treated with light therapy.

2007-02-25 04:03:18 · answer #2 · answered by psychgrad 7 · 0 0

I definitely think that the weather affects our mental and sometimes even our physical state. Gloomy, rainy dark days can bring on depression and lonliness. Sunny, bright days can cheer us up and make us feel more energetic. I have arthirits and other physical problems and rain makes my pain alot worse which then affects my mood. Weather really does affect us.

2007-02-25 04:59:26 · answer #3 · answered by vanhammer 7 · 0 0

For one thing, some social psychology studies indicate that when the temperature reaches a certain level, you're more likely to have riots

2007-02-25 03:51:28 · answer #4 · answered by robert43041 7 · 0 0

a million. chilly Day? Sleepy 2. warm Day? drained (above ninety tiers) 3. Sunny Day? energetic 4. Windy Day? pissed off (undesirable Hair) 5. wet Day? loosen up 6. Cloudy Day? Depress desire it enables!!!

2016-11-25 22:21:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You never asked the question. You begged for an answer, but to what question?

2007-02-25 03:52:22 · answer #6 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0 1

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