Feeling one thing, seeing another: emotion comparison effects in person judgments

Previous research has demonstrated that people's feelings can influence their judgments about other people in emotion congruent as well as emotion incongruent ways (Schwarz & Bless, 1992; Forgas, 1995). Since how people form judgments of other people is important to the functioning of individuals and social groups, the general purpose of this dissertation is to gain a better understanding of the role emotions play in impression formation processes. Specifically, them main question that is addressed in this dissertation is "whether" and "under what conditions" people feel one thing and see another as a consequence of emotion comparison processes. In addition, since contemporary models of emotion influences on social judgments proposed different explanations for emotion congruency effects, the processes underlying emotion congruency effects are investigated more closely.