Talk:Emotion intensification
@Josikins: Hi there. I just wanted to say that while I like the way this effect is described, and definitely think it is an important subjective effect, I can't help but think this name is a bit strange and could do with some minor improvements.
I was around for when this effect was named "Emotion enhancement" and saw it changed to "Emotionality enhancement", presumably because the idea that something as basic as emotions can be "enhanced" strikes most people as an intuitively strange idea, though understandable in the context of hallucinogenic experience. I can see why "Emotionality enhancement" was chosen as a replacement, but I still think it sounds a bit inaccurate and unscientific.
Recently I came across the concept of "affect" in psychology. According to wikipedia, affect is described as "the experience of feeling or emotion. Affect is a key part of the process of an organism's interaction with stimuli. In other words, it is not the emotion itself, of which there exists no real scientific consensus, but rather the intensity or dullness in which it is experienced. Hence why "heightened affect" or "dull affect" are recognized scientific phenomenon while "heightened emotion" isn't.
Based off this, I suggest renaming both the "Emotionality enhancement" and "Emotionality suppression" components into "Affect enhancement" and "Affect suppression" and reworking the descriptions of each to include information of how each differ and relate to the experience of one's emotions or emotionality feeling enhanced or suppressed while under the effect of a psychoactive substance. This I think will not only make the effects sound less awkward and confusing, but more scientifically legitimate as well.
Just my 2cents. -- April (talk) 05:18, 2 September 2017 (CEST)
@April: Hey there. thanks for the message! I actually slightly prefer the sound of emotion enhancement to emotionality enhancement. However, it is an accurate term. Here's a wikipedia article for it [1]. I would not change it to affect enhancement as although that word may be accurate, it is not well known. The subjective effect index exists to serve as a universal terminology set for the average person so it's important that the component titles and effect descriptions are kept relatively simple. Most people would not immediately be able to assume what "affect enhancement/suppression" entails based on the name but would likely be able to make an accurate guess using its current title.
what do you mean by this suggestion "reworking the descriptions of each to include information of how each differ and relate to the experience of one's emotions or emotionality feeling enhanced or suppressed while under the effect of a psychoactive substance"? Thanks again for the message