Mood, misattribution, and judgments of well-being: informative and directive functions of affective states
More happiness and satisfaction with life in a good mood; the negative impact of bad moods eliminated when participants were induced to attribute their feelings to an external source. Weather procedure read in Schwarz and Clore's own description (Psychological Inquiry, 2003): random student numbers assigned to sunny or rainy days, an interviewer posing as calling from out of town, and the aside 'By the way, how's the weather down there?'; more satisfied on sunny days 'only when their attention was not drawn to the weather'.
More happiness and satisfaction with life in a good mood; the negative impact of bad moods eliminated when participants were induced to attribute their feelings to an external source. Weather procedure read in Schwarz and Clore's own description (Psychological Inquiry, 2003): random student numbers assigned to sunny or rainy days, an interviewer posing as calling from out of town, and the aside 'By the way, how's the weather down there?'; more satisfied on sunny days 'only when their attention was not drawn to the weather'.
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doi:10.1037/0022-3514.45.3.513. Abstract read (University of Michigan ISR record): more happiness and satisfaction with life in a good mood; the negative impact of bad moods eliminated when participants were induced to attribute their feelings to an external source. Weather procedure read in Schwarz and Clore's own description (Psychological Inquiry, 2003): random student numbers assigned to sunny or rainy days, an interviewer posing as calling from out of town, and the aside 'By the way, how's the weather down there?'; more satisfied on sunny days 'only when their attention was not drawn to the weather'.