The
article deals with the issue of experimental use of mood induction
procedures (MIPs), in particular the induction of anger, fear and
sadness. Three techniques were utilized during the research on the
sample of 41 university students using the “blind” experimental
setting. The setting includes presentation of emotional stimuli for
sadness induction (emotional film clips), manipulative strategy for
anger induction (interaction with human confederate) and real-life
situation for induction of fear (examination situation). The paper
also briefly presents the research EH (Emotionality in Handwriting,
the Institute of Psychology of Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University
in Brno, 2010) which is a follow-up to a study focused on the
effects of a given emotional state on formal parameters of
handwriting (on metric characteristics of handwriting). Apart from
general commentary on induction methods, the design of the EH
experiment is described, including description of each mood
induction procedure method, course of the experimental setting and
summary of results obtained from participants by self-description
scales. The research results are also significant in that the
emotional changes studied may provide vital information on
behavioural and personality characteristics. This subject has been
for a long time more or less neglected by current research
tendencies. The article also provides a commentary on possibilities
of development of the method within psychological disciplines.