What triggers causal attributions? The impact of valence and subjective probability

Investigated the hypothesis that the affective valence of an event and the resulting mood state can influence causal thinking independently of the event's expectedness. 45 university students completed an ostensible professional skills test and received either success or failure feedback in relation to a criterion set by the experimenter. The subjective probability of success was… Continue reading What triggers causal attributions? The impact of valence and subjective probability