Regular ArticleAffective Expectations and Information Gain: Evidence for Assimilation and Contrast Effects in Affective Experience☆
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This article is based on a thesis submitted by the first author to the Department of Psychology, Ohio University. Completion of this research was facilitated by National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9514966 to the second author. We thank Missy Beers for her valuable input during the planning of this research. We also acknowledge Mark Alicke, Kevin Apple, Hal Arkes, Ian Handley, Patrick Munhall, Darren Newtson, and Timothy Wilson for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of the manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Andrew L. Geers (E-mail: [email protected]. ohiou.edu) or G. Daniel Lassiter (E-mail: [email protected]), Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701.