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The Affective Organization of the Mind The Affective Organization of the Mind
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The Interplay of Emotion and Cognition The Interplay of Emotion and Cognition
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The Integration of Information in Candidate Evaluation The Integration of Information in Candidate Evaluation
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Analysis Analysis
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Results Results
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The Automaticity of Evaluations The Automaticity of Evaluations
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Appendix: Statements Attributed to Lukas Appendix: Statements Attributed to Lukas
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Five The Primacy of Affect in Political Evaluations
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Published:September 2007
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Abstract
This chapter evaluates how emotion and, in particular, affect serve to organize the mind, and reviews existing research concerning the ways this organization leads to bias at all stages of the evaluative process. It then applies a simple experimental study to show how the process outlined leads individuals to integrate information about a political candidate. The consequences of these theories for political science and for psychology in general are reported. Emotion certainly serves to alter the course of the evaluative process but, in doing so, may make it more, not less, efficient. The capacity of the individual to overcome biases by memory-based processing should be short-lived, and judgments based on potentially flawed emotional responses should become dominant. It is noted that affect may be more efficient than other means of processing, and may be the only avenue open for many citizens.
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