Feb 05, 16The SelfAssessment Manikin (SAM), adapted with permission from Bradley and Lang 1994 6 SAM is a pictorial tool designed in the eighties that measures pleasure (top), arousal (middle) and dominance (bottom) on a discrete scale It is available in two main versions paperandpencil (5, 7, 9points) and computer program (points)Explicit Measure of Affect SelfAssessment Manikin The SAM is a widely used nonverbal, pictorial measurement of affective responses ( 39 ) Following imagery, verbal processing, and pictures, participants were asked to rate their current emotional state on a fivepoint scale ranging from unhappy 1 to happy 5 (SAM valence dimension)Selfassessment methods are broadly employed in emotion research for the collection of subjective affective ratings The SelfAssessment Manikin (SAM), a pictorial scale developed in the eighties for the measurement of pleasure, arousal, and dominance, is still Gale Academic Onefile Document How To Capture The Heart Reviewing Years Of Em...