Discuss the Relationship Between Mood and Social Cognition

question 5

Essay

Discuss the relationship between mood and social cognition. What are the primary research findings concerning this relationship? Provide an example of a situation in which a person's mood would influence his or her social judgment, and describe exactly how this would happen.

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