Zephier, Ruth Hotema2014-04-152014-04-152008-12-01http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14446/9471The goal of the present study is to fill in gaps that exist in literature regarding the way in which internal tempo interacts with both physiological and psychological states. Participants were 98 students enrolled in introductory psychology classes at Oklahoma State University. Each participant had their heart rates, emotional state, emotional intensity, and internal tempos measured as pretest and posttest. Time estimation was measured by production and by verbal estimation at posttest. A univariate analysis of variance was conducted to determine what impact emotional arousal versus physiological arousal had on three experimental groups and one control group with regards to internal tempo and time estimation. Hypothesis one, that stepping would increase heart rate, was supported by the analyses. The second hypothesis, that the distressing DVD segment would increase heart rate, was not supported by the analysis of the data. Stepping did not increase emotional arousal as anticipated by hypothesis three. The hypothesis that the distressing DVD segment would increase emotional arousal was supported by one scale on the SAM, but not on both scales. The fifth hypothesis was that stepping would increase internal tempo, but this was not supported by the analysis. The sixth hypothesis was that distressing DVD segment would increase internal tempo. Again, this hypothesis was not supported by the data analysis. The seventh hypothesis was that stepping would lead to an underestimation in temporal production and a verbal overestimation of the temporal interval. This hypothesis was not supported. The final hypothesis was that the distressing DVD segment would lead to an underestimation in temporal production and a verbal overestimation of the temporal interval. This was not supported by the evidence either.application/pdfCopyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.text