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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Previous research explored mood's influence on judgment, often in laboratory settings.
  • The ecological validity of lab-based mood and judgment studies is questioned.
  • There is a need to study mood and judgment in naturalistic environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the influence of mood on judgment in vivo.
  • To extend previous research on mood and judgment using a smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment design.

Main Methods:

  • A smartphone-based study prompted 103 participants three times daily for one week.
  • Participants rated their mood and completed judgment tasks: self-efficacy, face emotion recognition, and risk assessment.
  • Data collection utilized ecological momentary assessment for real-world mood and behavior tracking.

Main Results:

  • Contrary to hypotheses, daily mood did not significantly affect any of the judgment tasks.
  • Self-efficacy was predicted by prior task performance and trial.
  • Face emotion recognition was associated with sex and task trial.
  • Risk assessment was influenced by previous day's balloon pops and task trial.

Conclusions:

  • The study's in vivo design offers greater ecological validity than traditional lab studies.
  • Self-reported mood and potential unmeasured variables are limitations.
  • Findings challenge the generalizability of lab-based mood-judgment research and highlight technology's role in behavioral science.