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Assessing mood with affect-sensitive tasks.

J D Mayer1, D Bremer

  • 1Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA.

Journal of Personality Assessment
|February 1, 1985
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Mood changes impact cognitive and psychomotor task performance. This study identified specific tasks sensitive to mood shifts, offering insights into mood-behavior links and potential performance improvements.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Mood fluctuations are common human experiences.
  • Understanding the relationship between mood and cognitive/psychomotor performance is crucial for various applications.
  • Identifying specific tasks sensitive to mood can illuminate the mechanisms of mood's influence on behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify specific cognitive and psychomotor tasks that are sensitive to changes in mood.
  • To investigate the nature of affect-sensitive tasks and their relationship with mood states.
  • To provide a basis for understanding how mood influences performance and potentially motivate mood improvement for better outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Administered ten different tasks to 106 subjects.
  • Utilized a mood-adjective checklist to assess self-reported mood states.

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  • Analyzed the data to find statistically significant relationships between task performance and mood.

    • Main Results:

    • Four out of the ten tasks administered demonstrated statistically significant correlations with self-reported mood.
    • These findings suggest that certain tasks are indeed sensitive to mood variations.
    • The results provide preliminary evidence for the existence of affect-sensitive tasks.

    Conclusions:

    • The study successfully identified specific tasks that are sensitive to mood changes.
    • These affect-sensitive tasks offer valuable insights into the complex interplay between mood and cognitive/psychomotor performance.
    • Further research into affect-sensitive tasks is warranted and promising for practical applications.