This study examined the relationship between incoming information and a person's attitude. The conclusions imply the existance of a cognition, affect, behavior conceptualization of attitude dynamics. (Author/JB)

The relationship was studied in terms of Fishbein's model of attitude structure. In general, the results suggested that the relationship between affect and cognition is more complex than previously thought. (Author/SD)

Positive and negative mood conditions do affect principled moral reasoning. Results do not imply that affective states raise levels of moral reasoning, but a positive affective state provides a condition conducive to using more principled level moral reasoning. (Author/JAC)

Presented is experimental evidence that humans develop strong preferences for objects that become familiar through repeated exposure, even when the exposures are so degraded that they cannot be discriminated as stimuli previously seen. Implications are made regarding other studies where affective discriminations are made with very little stimulus…

Examines the association between executive cognitive functioning (ECF), negative affectivity (NA) and drug use in adolescent males. The high average risk group had lower ECF scores and higher NA scores than the low average risk group. Low ECF and high NA were significantly correlated. Family history moderated the relation between ECF and drug use…

Responds to Susan McLeod's "The Affective Domain and the Writing Process: Working Definitions." Suggests and defends an alternate way to define affect, based on the interweaving of affect and cognition. Discusses the "cognitive-affective dance." (PRA)

Reading comprehension plays a key role in academic success in today's classrooms. Literature Circles (LCs), a learner-centered collaborative reading activity, brings together the ideas of cooperative learning, independent reading, and reader response theory to enhance students' reading comprehension as well as their motivation toward learning…

Three related experiments investigated the impact of happy and sad moods on the processing of persuasive communications. These experiments suggest that subjects in a happy mood are less likely to elaborate the content of a persuasive message than subjects in a sad mood. Sad subjects' attitudes and cognitive responses (in experiment 2, with 87…

This study examined effects of accessible self-discrepancies on subjects' mood states and the effects of these mood states on compliance. Two affective states, agitation and dejection, were induced in 115 college students by priming their available self-discrepancies. After the subjects had received specific primes and their mood states had been…

This book focuses on the affective dimensions of learning situations and discusses the need for dealing with the emotional aspects that are a part of every cognitive learning experience. Part 1 presents a model that allows systematically and predictably for the development of the whole child, taking account of readiness-awareness level and…

Explains that Rogers' proposed sequence of development in proportional reasoning is not really a modification of Inhelder and Piaget's task, but could be considered as a new task. Rogers acknowledged the explanation as a valid one. (GA)

A. Wigfield and J. Meece (1988) developed the Mathematics Anxiety Questionnaire (MAQ) to measure the cognitive and affective aspects of mathematics anxiety. In particular, using school-aged students, Wigfield and Meece have provided evidence that the MAQ measures two factors identified as Worry and Negative Affective Reactions. This study used…

Findings of a study on the design, execution, and evaluation of a recruitment and public education program in rehabilitation counseling are presented. (Author)

It is suggested that achievement of major aesthetic education goals can be directly facilitated by engaging students in historical activities. Examinations of the concepts of self-consciousness, judgment, imagination, particularity, and change are presented, demonstrating the similarities between aesthetic education processes and historical…

Examined the impact of choice on college students' cognitive task performance and affective engagement. Data from two studies supported the enhanced affective engagement hypothesis, which states that even short-term choice can increase positive affective response. Choice had no positive effect on cognitive engagement but a positive effect on…