Causes and Consequences of Feelings (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)

Cover......Page 1
Series-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
PART I The Nature and Origin of Feelings......Page 21
1. Feelings: Their Nature and Causes......Page 23
What Are the Dimensions of This Experience?......Page 24
Reconciling the Russell and Watson–Tellegen Conceptions......Page 31
Are Affects Continuous or Are They Separate from Each Other?......Page 33
Affect-Generating External Stimulation......Page 37
Reactions to One’s Own Actions......Page 44
2. More on the Causes of Feelings......Page 50
The Two-Factor Theory: Arousal and Cognitions......Page 51
Appraisals......Page 55
Effects of Skeletal-Motor Reactions......Page 62
The Bodily Feedback Thesis......Page 63
Some Theories About Bodily Feedback Effects......Page 72
PART II Feelings and Memory......Page 77
Introduction......Page 79
Influence of Feelings on Memory Content......Page 82
Bower’s Associative Network Theory of Feeling Effects......Page 84
Supporting Research......Page 86
Influence of Feeling on Attention and Learning......Page 90
Some Additional Questions About Feelings and Memory......Page 92
Nonverbal Influences on Affective Congruence in Memory......Page 95
How Accurate Is Eyewitness Memory of Disturbing Events?......Page 97
Reconciling the Seemingly Contradictory Findings......Page 101
4. Personal Traumas and Memory......Page 108
Recovered Memories of Childhood Sexual Abuse?......Page 109
What Is Repression?......Page 111
Some Problems......Page 112
How Common Are Repressed Memories of Past Traumas?......Page 115
How Accurate Are Memories of Traumatic Events?......Page 116
Some Documented Instances of Recovered Memories......Page 119
The Williams Study......Page 120
Psychogenic Amnesia......Page 121
Dissociation......Page 122
What About Repression?......Page 125
Betrayal Trauma?......Page 126
What Now?......Page 127
PART III Affective Influences on Cognitive Processes......Page 131
5. The Influence of Feelings on Judgments and Decision Making......Page 133
How General Is Mood Congruency in Judgments?......Page 134
Explaining Mood Congruence in Judgments......Page 135
Regulating the Influence of One’s Mood in Order to Be Accurate......Page 142
Mood Influences on Information Processing and Decision Making......Page 147
Good Thinking in Good Moods......Page 148
Does Happiness Promote Mental Laziness?......Page 150
6. Feelings, Persuasion, and Motivation......Page 156
Direct Influence of Feelings on Susceptibility to Persuasion......Page 157
Why Does Positive Affect Often Foster Heuristic Processing?......Page 159
Preserving One’s Pleasant Mood......Page 162
Mood as Information About One’s Performance at Work......Page 163
Happiness Doesn’t Always Foster Casual Heuristic Processing......Page 165
Effects of the Level of Thinking on Persuasion......Page 166
Effects of Unpleasant Feelings......Page 169
Negative Feelings Don’t Always Promote Careful Consideration of Message Content......Page 170
In a 45 mph crash, the average head hits the average windshield with a force of over a ton.......Page 173
PART IV Influencing Action......Page 177
The Influence of Negative Feelings on Anger and Aggression......Page 179
Effects of Decidedly Unpleasant Temperatures......Page 180
Social and Psychological Stressors......Page 185
Are Appraisals and Attributions Necessary?......Page 187
Theorizing About the Effects of Negative Affect on Anger and Aggression......Page 189
Some Final Comments......Page 192
The Influence of Positive Feelings......Page 193
Effects of Negative Feelings......Page 196
A Final Thought......Page 201
1. Feelings: Their Nature and Causes......Page 203
2. More on the Causes of Feelings......Page 208
3. Influences of Feelings on Memory......Page 214
4. Personal Traumas and Memory......Page 220
5. The Influence of Feelings on Judgments and Decision Making......Page 226
6. Feelings, Persuasion, and Motivation......Page 229
7. Feeling Effects on Aggression and Helpfulness......Page 232
References......Page 237
Index......Page 257