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Linking automatic evaluation to mood and information processing style: consequences for experienced affect,

Tanya L Chartrand1, Rick B van Baaren, John A Bargh

  • 1Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Box 90120, 134 Towerview Drive, Durham, NC 27708, USA. tanya.chartrand@duke.edu

Journal of Experimental Psychology. General
|February 16, 2006
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This study explores how the environment influences mood through automatic evaluation. Nonconscious processing of stimuli as good or bad impacts mood and information processing.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • The feelings-as-information theory posits that mood signals environmental valence.
  • Mechanisms by which the environment automatically influences mood are not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate automatic evaluation as a mechanism linking environmental stimuli to affect.
  • To examine the impact of automatic evaluation on mood and information processing.

Main Methods:

  • Repeated brief exposure to positive or negative stimuli to induce automatic evaluation.
  • Four experiments were conducted to assess mood induction and information processing changes.
  • Mediation analysis was used to understand the role of mood in processing effects.

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Main Results:

  • Repeated exposure to valenced stimuli induced corresponding mood states.
  • Automatic evaluation influenced participants' information processing styles.
  • Mood was found to mediate the effect of brief valenced primes on information processing.

Conclusions:

  • Automatic evaluation is a key mechanism through which the environment influences affect.
  • Nonconscious evaluation of stimuli shapes both mood and cognitive processing.
  • Findings extend the feelings-as-information account by elucidating environmental influences on mood.