MOOD-CONGRUENT JUDGMENT OVER TIME

The mood-congruent judgment effect refers to the fact that when a mood and an idea are similar in pleasantness, the idea will generally seem better in some way. For example, when people are happy, they will jud ge pleasant concepts as richer in their associations, pleasant attribu tes as more applicable, and pleasant examples of categories as more ty pical. This mood-related component of cognition is viewed longitudinal ly among normal students for the first time here. The authors demonstr ate that over time, changes in mood covary with changes in judgment in normal individuals.