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Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences.

Zajonc, R. B.·1980·American Psychologist

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Affect is considered by most contempo-rary theories to be postcognitive, that is, to occur only after considerable cognitive operations have been ac-complished. Yet a number of experimental results on preferences, attitudes, impression formation, and de-_ cision making, as well as some clinical phenomena, suggest that affective judgments may be fairly inde-pendent of, and precede in time, the sorts of percep-tual and cognitive operations commonly assumed to be the basis of these affective judgments. Affective re-actions to stimuli are often the very first reactions of the organism, and for lower organisms they are the dominant reactions. Affective reactions can occur without extensive perceptual and cognitive encoding, are made with greater confidence than cognitive judg-

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Authors
Zajonc, R. B.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Zajonc, R. B.
Venue
American Psychologist
Published
1980-02
Volume
35
Issue
2
Pages
151-175
ISSN
  • 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
  • 1935-990X
OpenAlex
W2042276900
Cited by
8,094
References
146
Citations by year
2026: 161 · 2025: 142 · 2024: 174 · 2023: 181 · 2022: 207 · 2021: 271 · 2020: 248 · 2019: 265 · 2018: 288 · 2017: 227 · 2016: 269 · 2015: 303 · 2014: 319 · 2013: 297 · 2012: 331
FWCI
49.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
Locations
American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
Keywords
affect, affective judgment, preferences, attitudes, impression formation, decision-making, affective reactions, cognitive processes

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