Key result
Negative mood induction favored the strategy position over the capacity view for explaining effects on performance during a strategic priming paradigm.
Why the study?
Does negative mood induction affect task-related performance compared to neutral mood induction?
Does negative mood induction affect task-related performance compared to neutral mood induction?
Negative mood appears to change processing strategy rather than simply reducing capacity.
Negative mood may alter processing strategies rather than capacity; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
Two theoretical positions are often used to explain the effects of negative mood on performance: the capacity view and the strategy view. The capacity position predicts a decrease of task-related performance whereas the strategy view presupposes an increase if the available strategies are adequate. The assumptions of both positions are tested using the paradigm of strategic priming. A group of 22 subjects receiving a negative mood induction were compared to 26 subjects receiving a neutral mood induction. Results clearly contradict the capacity view but favour the strategy position.
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HESSE et al. (1996) studied this question. Negative mood induction vs. Neutral mood induction was evaluated on Performance on strategic priming paradigm. Negative mood induction favored the strategy position over the capacity view for explaining effects on performance during a strategic priming paradigm.
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