Deck 14: Section 2: From Affect to Social Cognition

Question 1

Why it is essential to include a neutral control group in order to detect negative mood effects?

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Question 2

Briefly describe the network model of mood and memory. How has research supported or cast doubt upon this framework?
a. Emotion is a retrieval cue like any other.
b. Memories or events that come to mind at the same time as a given emotion are linked to that emotion, and hence indirectly) to other emotion-congruent memories or events.
c. Emotion provides an additional route to the item in memory.
d. Research was disappointing in its attempts to support the facilitating effects of mood on perception of similarly toned material G. H. Bower, 1987) and on mood state-dependent retrieval.
e. The combined effect of conceptual and emotional relatedness in memory networks is not well supported E. J. Johnson & Tversky, 1983).

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Question 3

What are some of the challenges involved in studying the mood-state-dependent hypothesis? Why is the evidence inconclusive, and what evidence would help bolster the case for this hypothesis?

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Question 4

Define the separate-systems view of affective and cognitive processes; describe four arguments that support it.

Question 5

What is the central point of tension between Zajonc's and Lazarus's theories of emotion and cognition? What is one possible resolution to this tension?

Question 6

Briefly describe the mood-congruence research findings on negative moods. What basic conclusions have researchers drawn? What strengths or weaknesses are associated with their findings?
a. Uneven effects seen in the literature.
b. People try to repair negative moods, so it is hard to induce them.
c. Negative moods might not cue congruent material as well; related material is less organized.