Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1-1-2005
Journal / Book Title
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
Abstract
Three experiments investigated the effects of positive mood on perceptions of variability within and between groups. Participants formed impressions of two different and highly variable groups under a neutral or positive mood. When participants expected to learn about both groups, positive mood increased perceived intergroup similarity but did not affect perceived intragroup variability. In contrast, when participants expected to learn about only one group, judgments of intergroup and intragroup similarity were both affected by mood. Mood and the intergroup context influenced the nature and degree of information processing and resultant judgments of variability in social groups.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430205048619
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Michalsen, Venezia; Stroessner, Steven J.; and Mackie, Diane M., "Positive Mood and the Perception of Variability Within and Between Groups" (2005). Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 134.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/justice-studies-facpubs/134
Published Citation
Stroessner, Steven J., Diane M. Mackie, and Venezia Michalsen. "Positive mood and the perception of variability within and between groups." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 8, no. 1 (2005): 5-25.
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