This article presents a framework for emotional intelligence, a set of skills hypothesized to
contribute to the accurate appraisal and expression of emotion in oneself and in others, the …

Abstract reviews research on the impact of affective states on evaluative judgments,
presenting evidence that is difficult to reconcile with the assumption that emotional …

Male and female subjects performed several tasks either in the presence or absence of an
environmental source of positive affect (pleasant artificial scents produced by two …

Three experiments test the hypothesis that positive mood facilitates cognitive flexibility in
categorization. Study 1 used a sorting task and found that positive mood subjects, in relation …

The present studies demonstrate that daily worry level is predictive of cognitive processing
differences and that these differences are an effect of negative thoughts. In Study 1, worriers …

In broad terms, social judgment is concerned with how we make sense of our social world.
How do people form impressions through their expressive behavior?" Social Judgment" is …

The current series of four studies assesses the relationship between trait anxiety and the
way people categorize natural objects. Study 1 examines the relationship between trait …

Investigated the hypothesis that the accuracy with which a briefly shown word is perceived
depends on both the affective tone of the word and the activation of the corresponding …

Assessed the relationship between anxiety and the hierarchical level at which semantic
stimuli are categorized. Study 1 examines whether trait anxiety is associated with proneness …

The current series of studies assesses the impact of trait anxiety and situational stress on
mental categorization. Subjects' trait anxiety was measured and they were exposed to …