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B Keith Payne¹, Deborah L Hall, C Daryl Cameron

¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology, Campus Box 3270, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. payne@unc.edu

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People often misattribute the causes of their feelings. This study introduces a multinomial process model of affect misattributions, detailing three core processes involved in how we explain our emotions and attitudes.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Attitude Measurement

Background:

Individuals frequently misattribute the origins of their affective states.
Understanding the cognitive processes behind these misattributions is crucial for psychological research.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and validate a multinomial process model of affect misattributions.
To delineate the distinct component processes involved in attributing affect.

Main Methods:

Development of a multinomial process model.
Validation of the model using the affect misattribution procedure (AMP).
The AMP utilizes misattributions for implicit attitude measurement.

Main Results:

The proposed model successfully separates three key processes in affect misattribution.
The model provides a framework for understanding how affective responses are linked to true and apparent causes.
The model's components were validated through empirical application of the AMP.

Conclusions:

The developed model offers a comprehensive account of affect misattribution processes.
This framework enhances the understanding and application of the affect misattribution procedure.
The model is applicable to various research scenarios involving subjective judgments and misattribution phenomena.