Discussion:
Impact of Mood on Decision Making
1. Please provide an explanation of three possible reasons why the person in the media made his or her decision.
Be specific.
2. Explain two ways mood/emotion may have impacted this person's decision.
3. Describe one life or death situation and explain how mood/emotion could impact decision making in this situation.
4. Support your responses with specific references.
Some Resources you can use if you like.
Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (2011). Social cognition and affect. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Handbook of Social Psychology, Chapter 9, "Emotion"
Article: Bruyneel, S. D., Dewitte, S., Franses, P. H., & Dekimpe, M. G. (2009). I felt low and my purse feels light: Depleting mood regulation attempts affect risk decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 22(2), 153-170.
Article: Forgas, J. P., Laham, S. M., & Vargas, P. T. (2005). Mood effects on eyewitness memory: Affective influences on susceptibility to misinformation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 41(6), 574-588..
Article: Moreland, R. L., & Zajonc, R. B. (1977). Is stimulus recognition a necessary condition for the occurrence of exposure effects? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35(4), 191-199.
Article: Zajonc, R. B. (1980). Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. American Psychologist, 35(2), 151-175.
Websites
Social Psychology Network. (2011). Retrieved from https://www.socialpsychology.org
Optional Resources
Article: Forgas, J. P., & Moylan, S. (1987). After the movies: Transient mood and social judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 13(4), 467-477.
Article: Penner, L. A., Dovidio, J. F., Piliavin, J. A., & Schroeder, D. A. (2005). Prosocial behavior: Multilevel perspectives. Annual Review of Psychology, 56(1), 365-392.