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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • The mere exposure effect (MEE) describes how repeated stimulus exposure enhances affective evaluations.
  • Prominent explanations include neophobia, uncertainty reduction, and perceptual fluency.
  • Existing theories offer divergent predictions regarding MEE mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interaction between induced mood and the mere exposure effect.
  • To test the validity of existing MEE explanations against empirical data.
  • To determine if mood influences the strength or presence of the MEE.

Main Methods:

  • Four experiments were conducted involving target stimulus exposures.
  • Positive and negative moods were induced before or after exposures.
  • The MEE and mood induction efficacy were assessed in each condition.

Main Results:

  • Mood induction procedures were effective, confirming participants' emotional states.
  • The mere exposure effect was consistently observed across experimental conditions.
  • Bayesian analysis indicated no significant effect of mood on the MEE in this study.

Conclusions:

  • None of the prominent theoretical accounts of the MEE were strongly supported by the data.
  • Despite consistent MEE observation, mood did not appear to modulate its effect.
  • Further research is needed to elucidate the factors influencing the mere exposure effect.