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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 2, 170-177 (1994)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167294202004

Mood, Memory, and Vigilance: The Influence of Distraction on Recall and Impression Formation

Catherine E. Seta

Wake Forest University

Nancy S. Hayes

Wake Forest University

John J. Seta

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

This research investigated the influence of distraction on subjects' impressions and memory while in positive and negative moods. Subjects' incidental memory for affective traits used as a basis for forming an impression of a target person was assessed. Results indicated that subjects in negative moods were not as vulnerable to the influence of distraction on stimulus encoding as subjects in positive moods. In addition, mood effects on memory were observed but not on subjects' impressions. Results are interpreted using Schwarz and Clore's feelings as information model.


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