1. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Announcements for March 21 Announcements: 1. The URL of the page should be: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/88-120/ http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/88-120/ 2. 2 nd exam on Thursday 3. Paper outlines due the week we return from break

2. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Agenda for March 21 Discuss any Clarification Questions About Concepts in Past 5 Weeks Wrap Up From Last Week Review For Exam Discuss Outlines Format

3. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Wrap Up From Last Week Background: Forgas (1998) found that happiness increased tendency to commit FAE and sadness decreased this tendency Answer the following questions on your own: According to Forgas, what caused these effects? What evidence did Forgas have to support his assumptions about the cause of this effect. NB: Underlying causes are referred to as “mediating mechanisms”

4. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Wrap Up From Last Week Assumed Underlying Cause: A processing effect Evidence for the processing differences: Mood Recall Attitude Attributed To essay author 1* 3* 2*3 should be n.s.

5. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Wrap Up From Last Week Background: Readings and lecture have identified three possible explanations for the “processing disparity between positive & negative emotion.” On your own, answer the following: Name and describe the three possible explanations. Does Forgas’ study on FAE elucidate which of these explanations is best?

6. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Wrap Up From Last Week Three Possible Explanations for Processing Disparity: Functional Explanations (Frijda) Motivational Explanations (Clark & Isen) Mood maintenance Mood repair Processing Capacity (various theorists)

7. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Example of Review for Exam Topic One: Final Chapter in Separate Systems Debate 1.Emotion can be separate from cognition, but only for about 12 milliseconds 2.Cognitions have powerful effects on emotion Example: Counterfactual Emotion 3.Emotions have powerful effects on cognition Example: Sadness and anger have differential effects on attribution

8. Reason, Passion, & Social Cognition Week 10, Part 1 Paper Outline Review literature on the emotion of interest What distinguishes it from other emotions? Review literature on the cognition/decision process of interest Summarize key findings Hypothesize a relationship between the emotion and the cognition. Support your hypothesis with evidence Discuss alternative hypotheses