Mood and trust in intuition interactively orchestrate correspondence between implicit and explicit attitudes

Area of Science:

• Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Attitude Research

Background:

• Implicit and explicit attitudes can sometimes diverge.
• The interplay between affect, intuition, and attitude correspondence is not well understood.

Purpose of the Study:

• To empirically test how affect and trust in intuition interact to shape implicit and explicit attitude correspondence.
• To investigate the conditions under which implicit attitudes align with explicit reports.

Main Methods:

• Four experiments were conducted.
• Participants' trust in intuition was measured or manipulated.
• Positive or negative moods were induced.
• Correspondence between implicit and explicit academic and self-attitudes was assessed.

Main Results:

• Affect served as information about trust in intuition.
• Positive affect validated intuitive tendencies, enhancing attitude correspondence.
• Negative affect invalidated intuitive tendencies, reducing attitude correspondence.

Conclusions:

• Affective states play a crucial role in moderating the relationship between trust in intuition and attitude correspondence.
• Findings illuminate the mechanisms linking implicit attitudes to explicit reports, particularly in academic and self-attitude contexts.