Does mood influence the realism of confidence judgments?

Full Abstract

Previous research has shown that mood affects cognition, but the extent to which mood affects meta-cognitive judgments is a relatively over-looked issue. In the current study we investigated how mood influences the degree of realism in participants' confidence judgments (based on an episodic memory task). Using music and film in combination, we successfully induced an elated mood in half of the participants, but failed to induce a sad mood in the other half. In line with previous research, the participants in both conditions were overconfident in their judgments. However, and contrary to our prediction, our data indicated that there was no difference in the realism of the confidence between the conditions. When relating this result to previous research, our conclusion is that there is no, or very little, influence of mood of moderate intensity on the realism of confidence judgments.

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Author information

Author/s: Allwood, Carl Martin (CM); Granhag, Pär Anders (PA); Jonsson, Anna-Carin (AC);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Lund, Sweden. carl_martin.allwood(-atsign-)psychology.lu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Scandinavian journal of psychology (Scand J Psychol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Jul; vol 43 (issue 3) : pp 253-60

Dates: Created 2002/08/19; Completed 2002/09/18; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12184480, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Judgment
Male
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Sweden

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