Divergent Effects of Different Positive Emotions on Moral Judgment

Autor/inn/en	Strohminger, Nina; Lewis, Richard L.; Meyer, David E.
Titel	Divergent Effects of Different Positive Emotions on Moral Judgment
Quelle	In: Cognition, 119 (2011) 2, S.295-300 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-0277
DOI	10.1016/j.cognition.2010.12.012
Schlagwörter	Emotional Response; Moral Issues; Value Judgment; Experiments; Video Technology; Humor; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionales Verhalten; Moraltheorie; Werturteil; Erprobung; Humoristische Darstellung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Positive emotions are often treated as relatively similar in their cognitive-behavioral effects, and as having unambiguously beneficial consequences. For example, Valdesolo and DeSteno (2006) reported that a humorous video made people more prone to choose a utilitarian solution to a moral dilemma. They attributed this finding to increased positive affect. To determine whether such results actually stem in general from positive affect or from other more specific properties of humor, we conducted an experiment with moral dilemmas presented during an interleaved emotion-induction procedure involving mirth and another positive emotion, elevation. Mirth increased permissiveness for deontological violations, whereas elevation had the opposite effect. Furthermore, affective valence had no apparent independent influence on these judgments. Our results suggest that mirth and elevation have distinct cognitive consequences whose properties reflect their respective social functions, not their shared positive valence. (As Provided).
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