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J P Forgas1, D K Burnham, C Trimboli

  • 1School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|April 1, 1988
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Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Mood significantly impacts cognitive processes.
  • Understanding mood's influence on children's memory and judgment is crucial for developmental research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of positive and negative moods on children's memory recall and recognition.
  • To examine how mood influences impression-formation judgments in children.
  • To compare findings with adult mood-cognition research.

Main Methods:

  • 161 schoolchildren (8-10 years old) participated in a two-list experimental design.
  • Mood was manipulated (happy/sad) before information encoding and memory retrieval.
  • Recall, recognition memory, and impression judgments were assessed after a one-day interval.

Main Results:

  • Memory performance improved when children were happy during encoding or retrieval.
  • Memory was enhanced when material mood contrasted with the learning mood.
  • Happy moods led to more extreme impression judgments (both positive and negative).

Conclusions:

  • Children's memory and judgments are sensitive to mood states during encoding and retrieval.
  • Mood congruence and incongruence play a role in children's memory recall.
  • Findings offer insights into mood effects on cognition in social-developmental contexts.

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