Mood And Cognition

Question 1

Bowers network theory, 1981 main findings?

Answer 1

Emotions:

Units of semantic network
Material stored- propositions/assert.
Thought- activation of these units
Internal/external stimuli 
Activated units spread- correlated units

Question 2

These assumptions create 4 testable hypotheses?

Answer 2

Mood state dependent memory

Mood congruity

Thought congruity

Mood intensity

Question 3

Supporting evidence for testable hypotheses?

Answer 3

MSDM- Urcos, 1989
learning a list of words in one mood state, and recall in same/oppo.

MC- Rusting+DeHart, 2000 (reapp)
Pos/neg/neu words=mood induction

TC/MI- Forgas+Locke, 2005
Judgements of hypo. situations +induced mood states in teachers

Question 4

Evaluation…

4

Answer 4

General influence of mood and cognitive processes

Non-scientific, due to parts of the theory not being falsifiable

Over simplification

No specification of how appraisals contribute to emotions

Question 5

What influence does mood have?

Answer 5

Pos/neg mood states influence cognitive processing

What we think and remember matches that mood state.