Positive Affect, Cognitive Processes, and Social Behavior

Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases: Biases in judgments reveal some heuristics of thinking under uncertainty.

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1974) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.185.4157.1124 · Cited by 28,810

The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information.

Miller, G. A. (1956) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0043158 · Cited by 17,812

Availability: A heuristic for judging frequency and probability

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1973) · Cognitive Psychology · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(73)90033-9 · Cited by 9,984

Levels of processing: A framework for memory research

Craik, F. I. M., & Lockhart, R. S. (1972) · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · doi:10.1016/s0022-5371(72)80001-x · Cited by 9,566

Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory.

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Mood and memory

Bower, G. H. (1981) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.36.2.129 · Cited by 4,154

The associative basis of the creative process.

Mednick, S. (1962) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0048850 · Cited by 4,140

Elimination by aspects: A theory of choice

Tversky, A. (1972) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0032955 · Cited by 3,365

The effect of emotion on cue utilization and the organization of behavior

Easterbrook, J. A. (1959) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/h0047707 · Cited by 3,090

Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving.

Isen, A. M., Daubman, K. A., & Nowicki, G. P. (1987) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.52.6.1122 · Cited by 2,986

Emotional intelligence

Salovey, P., & Mayer, J. D. (1990) · Imagination, Cognition and Personality · doi:10.2190/dugg-p24e-52wk-6cdg · Cited by 10,484

What good are positive emotions?

Fredrickson, B. L. (1998) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.2.3.300 · Cited by 6,066

Work and/or Fun: Measuring Hedonic and Utilitarian Shopping Value

Babin, B. J., Darden, W. R., & Griffin, M. (1994) · Journal of Consumer Research · doi:10.1086/209376 · Cited by 6,020

The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory.

Kluger, A. N., & DeNisi, A. (1996) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.119.2.254 · Cited by 5,882

Positive emotions broaden the scope of attention and thought‐action repertoires

Fredrickson, B. L., & Branigan, C. (2005) · Cognition & Emotion · doi:10.1080/02699930441000238 · Cited by 3,521

Representativeness revisited: Attribute substitution in intuitive judgment.

Kahneman, D., & Frederick, S. (2002) · Heuristics and Biases · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511808098.004 · Cited by 3,476

The Role of Emotions in Marketing

Bagozzi, R. P., Gopinath, M., & Nyer, P. U. (1999) · Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science · doi:10.1177/0092070399272005 · Cited by 3,349

Mood and judgment: The affect infusion model (AIM).

Forgas, J. P. (1995) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.117.1.39 · Cited by 3,470

Positive Emotions Trigger Upward Spirals Toward Emotional Well-Being

Fredrickson, B. L., & Joiner, T. (2002) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/1467-9280.00431 · Cited by 2,655

The Affect Heuristic

Slovic, P., Finucane, M., Peters, E., & MacGregor, D. G. (2002) · Heuristics and Biases · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511808098.025 · Cited by 2,349

“Clinical versus Actuarial Judgment.”

Dawes, R. M., Faust, D., & Meehl, P. E. (1989) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.2648573 · Cited by 2,298

A neuropsychological theory of positive affect and its influence on cognition.

Ashby, F. G., Isen, A. M., & Turken, A. U. (1999) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.106.3.529 · Cited by 2,270

Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving.

Isen, A. M., Daubman, K. A., & Nowicki, G. P. (1987) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.52.6.1122 · Cited by 2,986

Emotions and leadership: The role of emotional intelligence

George, J. M. (2000) · Human Relations · doi:10.1177/0018726700538001 · Cited by 2,027

Positive Emotions Broaden and Build

Fredrickson, B. L. (2013) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-407236-7.00001-2 · Cited by 1,907

Organizational Behavior: Affect in the Workplace

Brief, A. P., & Weiss, H. M. (2002) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135156 · Cited by 1,797

Psychological well-being: evidence regarding its causes and consequences

Huppert, F. A. (2009) · Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being · doi:10.1111/j.1758-0854.2009.01008.x · Cited by 1,583

The common ingroup identity model: recategorization and the reduction of intergroup bias.

Gaertner, S. L., Dovidio, J. F., Anastasio, P. A., Bachman, B. A., & Rust, M. C. (1993) · European Review of Social Psychology · doi:10.1080/14792779343000004 · Cited by 1,559

Subjective Well-Being: A General Overview

Diener, E., & Ryan, K. (2009) · South African Journal of Psychology · doi:10.1177/008124630903900402 · Cited by 1,381

Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior

Piff, P. K., Dietze, P., Feinberg, M., Stancato, D. M., & Keltner, D. (2015) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/pspi0000018 · Cited by 1,214

Support theory: a nonextensional representation of subjective probability

Tversky, A., & Koehler, D. J. (1994) · Psychological Review · doi:10.1037/0033-295x.101.4.547 · Cited by 1,167

Emotion-based dispositions to rash action: positive and negative urgency

Cyders, M. A., & Smith, G. T. (2008) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/a0013341 · Cited by 1,136

Mental contamination and mental correction: Unwanted influences on judgments and evaluations.

Wilson, T. D., & Brekke, N. (1994) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.116.1.117 · Cited by 1,157

Role of Affective Self-Regulatory Efficacy in Diverse Spheres of Psychosocial Functioning

Bandura, A., Caprara, G. V., Barbaranelli, C., Gerbino, M., & Pastorelli, C. (2003) · Child Development · doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00567 · Cited by 1,092

The effects of promotion and prevention cues on creativity.

Friedman, R. S., & Förster, J. (2001) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.81.6.1001 · Cited by 1,094

Attending to the Big Picture: Mood and Global Versus Local Processing of Visual Information

Gasper, K., & Clore, G. L. (2002) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1111/1467-9280.00406 · Cited by 1,075

Relating emotional abilities to social functioning: A comparison of self-report and performance measures of emotional intelligence.

Brackett, M. A., Rivers, S. E., Shiffman, S., Lerner, N., & Salovey, P. (2006) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.91.4.780 · Cited by 1,063

The Value of Positive Emotions

Fredrickson, B. (2003) · American Scientist · doi:10.1511/2003.4.330 · Cited by 1,006

Emotion-based choice.

Mellers, B., Schwartz, A., & Ritov, I. (1999) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/0096-3445.128.3.332 · Cited by 839

Restoring the self: Positive affect helps improve self-regulation following ego depletion

Tice, D. M., Baumeister, R. F., Shmueli, D., & Muraven, M. (2007) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2006.05.007 · Cited by 836

Mindfulness at Work

Glomb, T. M., Duffy, M. K., Bono, J. E., & Yang, T. (2011) · Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management · doi:10.1108/s0742-7301(2011)0000030005 · Cited by 809

An influence of positive affect on decision making in complex situations: Theoretical issues with practical implications

Isen, A. M. (2001) · Journal of Consumer Psychology · doi:10.1207/s15327663jcp1102_01 · Cited by 763

Ambiguity and self-evaluation: The role of idiosyncratic trait definitions in self-serving assessments of ability.

Dunning, D., Meyerowitz, J. A., & Holzberg, A. D. (1989) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.57.6.1082 · Cited by 758

The Impact of Emotions on Learning and Achievement: Towards a Theory of Cognitive/Motivational Mediators

Pekrun, R. (1992) · Applied Psychology · doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.1992.tb00712.x · Cited by 691

Can a Retail Web Site Be Social?

Wang, L. C., Baker, J., Wagner, J. A., & Wakefield, K. (2007) · Journal of Marketing · doi:10.1509/jmkg.71.3.143 · Cited by 672

The Role of Mindfulness in Positive Reappraisal

Garland, E., Gaylord, S., & Park, J. (2009) · EXPLORE · doi:10.1016/j.explore.2008.10.001 · Cited by 595

Rethinking the Role of Positive Affect in Self-Regulation

Aspinwall, L. G. (1998) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1023/a:1023080224401 · Cited by 601

Expressions of positive emotion in women's college yearbook pictures and their relationship to personality and life outcomes across adulthood.

Harker, L., & Keltner, D. (2001) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.80.1.112 · Cited by 594

Motivating the Focus of Attention

Derryberry, D., & Tucker, D. M. (1994) · The Heart's Eye · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-410560-7.50014-4 · Cited by 590

Positive Affect Facilitates Integration of Information and Decreases Anchoring in Reasoning among Physicians

Estrada, C. A., Isen, A. M., & Young, M. J. (1997) · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · doi:10.1006/obhd.1997.2734 · Cited by 572

Emotion and autobiographical memory

Holland, A. C., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010) · Physics of Life Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.plrev.2010.01.006 · Cited by 540

Elevation Leads to Altruistic Behavior

Schnall, S., Roper, J., & Fessler, D. M. T. (2010) · Psychological Science · doi:10.1177/0956797609359882 · Cited by 497

News, Politics, and Negativity

Soroka, S., & McAdams, S. (2015) · Political Communication · doi:10.1080/10584609.2014.881942 · Cited by 420

Positive affect improves creative problem solving and influences reported source of practice satisfaction in physicians

Estrada, C. A., Isen, A. M., & Young, M. J. (1994) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/bf02856470 · Cited by 389

What, Me Worry? The Role of Affect in Information Seeking and Avoidance

Yang, Z. J., & Kahlor, L. (2013) · Science Communication · doi:10.1177/1075547012441873 · Cited by 346

On the impact of mood on behavior: an integrative theory and a review

Gendolla, G. H. E. (2000) · Review of General Psychology · doi:10.1037/1089-2680.4.4.378 · Cited by 320

Retrieving positive memories to regulate negative mood: Consequences for mood-congruent memory.

Rusting, C. L., & DeHart, T. (2000) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.78.4.737 · Cited by 315

Mood, reasoning, and central executive processes.

Oaksford, M., Morris, F., Grainger, B., & Williams, J. M. G. (1996) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition · doi:10.1037/0278-7393.22.2.476 · Cited by 314

Nostalgia: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Zhou, X., Wildschut, T., Sedikides, C., Shi, K., & Feng, C. (2012) · Journal of Consumer Research · doi:10.1086/662199 · Cited by 287

Volitional facilitation of difficult intentions: Joint activation of intention memory and positive affect removes Stroop interference.

Kuhl, J., & Kazén, M. (1999) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General · doi:10.1037/0096-3445.128.3.382 · Cited by 258

Group Representations and Intergroup Bias: Positive Affect, Similarity, and Group Size

Dovidio, J. F., Gaertner, S. L., Isen, A. M., & Lowrance, R. (1995) · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · doi:10.1177/0146167295218009 · Cited by 209

Emotion differentiation moderates aggressive tendencies in angry people: A daily diary analysis.

Pond, R. S., Kashdan, T. B., DeWall, C. N., Savostyanova, A., Lambert, N. M., & Fincham, F. D. (2012) · Emotion · doi:10.1037/a0025762 · Cited by 187

The role of thought suppression in the bonding of thought and mood

Wenzlaff, R. M., Wegner, D. M., & Klein, S. B. (1991) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.60.4.500 · Cited by 173

Mental Contamination and the Debiasing Problem

Wilson, T. D., Centerbar, D. B., & Brekke, N. (2002) · Heuristics and Biases · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511808098.012 · Cited by 160

The calibration of expert judgment: heuristics and biases beyond the laboratory

Koehler, D. J., Brenner, L., & Griffin, D. (2002) · Heuristics and Biases · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511808098.041 · Cited by 146

The mediating role of positive and negative affect in the situational motivation-performance relationship

Gillet, N., Vallerand, R. J., Lafrenière, M.-A. K., & Bureau, J. S. (2013) · Motivation and Emotion · doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9314-5 · Cited by 136

Harnessing Emotional Connections to Improve Financial Decisions: Evaluating the Impact of Financial Education in Mainstream Media

Berg, G., & Zia, B. (2017) · Journal of the European Economic Association · doi:10.1093/jeea/jvw021 · Cited by 120

Relation of Depression and Affectivity to Career Decision Status and Self-Efficacy in College Students

Rottinghaus, P. J., Jenkins, N., & Jantzer, A. M. (2009) · Journal of Career Assessment · doi:10.1177/1069072708330463 · Cited by 106

Consumer decision-making in a retail store: the role of mental imagery and gender difference

Kim, J.-H., Kim, M., Yoo, J., & Park, M. (2020) · International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management · doi:10.1108/ijrdm-10-2019-0353 · Cited by 80

Can positive emotion influence problem-solving attitudes among suicidal adults?

Joiner, T. E., Pettit, J. W., Perez, M., Burns, A. B., Gencoz, T., Gencoz, F., & Rudd, M. D. (2001) · Professional Psychology Research and Practice · doi:10.1037/0735-7028.32.5.507 · Cited by 71

Threat sensitivity, incentive sensitivity, and the experience of relief.

Carver, C. S. (2009) · Journal of Personality · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00540.x · Cited by 50

Potential sources of criterion bias in supervisor ratings used for test validation

Lefkowitz, J., & Battista, M. (1995) · Journal of Business and Psychology · doi:10.1007/bf02230978 · Cited by 25

The InBoard Emotional Contagion Model

Haag, C., & Getz, I. (2016) · Emotions and Organizational Governance · doi:10.1108/s1746-979120160000012005 · Cited by 4