“sadness seem to operate by spontaneously triggering information-processing strategies that best suit the needs of different social situations”
“happy mood seems to lead to a greater reliance on pre-existing knowledge and ideas. […] in contrast, sadness produces the opposite pattern of paying greater attention to new, external information.”
“negative moods might produce more critical and sceptical judgments, while happy people may accept interpersonal messages at ‘face value’, as genuine and trustworthy.”
“happy people… are more confident in their judgments despite them being less accurate”
“happy people selectively chose to read sad rather than happy articles before carrying out a demanding or difficult social task, such as meeting a stranger… we seem to adopt subconscious strategies to reduce euphoria to fit the requirements of the situation.”
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