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Autor/inn/en | Schnall, Simone; Jaswal, Vikram K.; Rowe, Christina |
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Titel | A Hidden Cost of Happiness in Children |
Quelle | In: Developmental Science, 11 (2008) 5, (6 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1363-755X |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00709.x |
Schlagwörter | Cognitive Style; Young Children; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Cognitive Processes; Preadolescents; Age Differences; Child Development; Developmental Stages |
Abstract | Happiness is generally considered an emotion with only beneficial effects, particularly in childhood. However, there are some situations where the style of information processing triggered by happiness could be a liability. In particular, happiness seems to motivate a top-down processing style, which could impair performance when attention to detail is required. Indeed, in Experiment 1, 10- to 11-year-old children (N = 30) induced to feel a happy mood were slower to locate a simple shape embedded in a complex figure than those induced to feel a sad mood. In Experiment 2, 6- to 7-year-old children (N = 61) induced to feel a happy mood found fewer embedded shapes than those induced to feel a sad or neutral mood. Happiness may have unintended and possibly undesirable cognitive consequences, even in childhood. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |