Announcements for March 21

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Announcements for March 21

• Announcements
• The URL of the page should behttp//www.andrew.c
  mu.edu/course/88-120/
• 2nd exam on Thursday
• Paper outlines due the week we return from break

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Agenda for March 21

• Discuss any Clarification Questions About
  Concepts in Past 5 Weeks
• Wrap Up From Last Week
• Review For Exam
• Discuss Outlines Format

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Wrap Up From Last Week

• Background Forgas (1998) found that happiness
  increased tendency to commit FAE and sadness
  decreased this tendency
• Answer the following questions on your own
• According to Forgas, what caused these effects?
• What evidence did Forgas have to support his
  assumptions about the cause of this effect.
• NB Underlying causes are referred to as
  mediating mechanisms

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Wrap Up From Last Week

• Assumed Underlying Cause
• A processing effect
• Evidence for the processing differences

Recall
1
3
Attitude Attributed To essay author
Mood
2
3 should be n.s.
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Wrap Up From Last Week

• Background Readings and lecture have identified
  three possible explanations for the processing
  disparity between positive negative emotion.
• On your own, answer the following
• Name and describe the three possible
  explanations.
• Does Forgas study on FAE elucidate which of
  these explanations is best?

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Wrap Up From Last Week

• Three Possible Explanations for Processing
  Disparity
• Functional Explanations (Frijda)
• Motivational Explanations (Clark Isen)
• Mood maintenance
• Mood repair
• Processing Capacity (various theorists)

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Example of Review for Exam

• Topic One Final Chapter in Separate Systems
  Debate
• Emotion can be separate from cognition, but only
  for about 12 milliseconds
• Cognitions have powerful effects on emotion
• Example Counterfactual Emotion
• Emotions have powerful effects on cognition
• Example Sadness and anger have differential
  effects on attribution

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Paper Outline

• Review literature on the emotion of interest
• What distinguishes it from other emotions?
• Review literature on the cognition/decision
  process of interest
• Summarize key findings
• Hypothesize a relationship between the emotion
  and the cognition.
• Support your hypothesis with evidence
• Discuss alternative hypotheses