With three studies, we investigated whether motivational states can modulate the formation of implicit preferences. In Study 1, participants played a video game in which they repeatedly approached one of two similar beverages, while disregarding the other. A subsequent implicit preference for the target beverage emerged, which increased with participants’ thirst. In Study 2, participants approached one brand of potato chips while avoiding the other: Conceptually replicating the moderation observed in Study 1, the implicit preference for the approached brand increased with the number of hours from last food intake. In Study 3, we experimentally manipulated hunger, and the moderation effect emerged again, with hungry participants displaying a higher implicit preference for the approached brand, as compared to satiated participants. In the three studies, the moderation effect was not paralleled in explicit preferences although the latter were affected by the preference inducing manipulation. Theoretical implications and open questions are discussed.

Zogmaister, C., Perugini, M., Richetin, J. (2016). Motivation modulates the effect of approach on implicit preferences. COGNITION & EMOTION, 30(5), 890-911 [10.1080/02699931.2015.1032892].

Motivation modulates the effect of approach on implicit preferences

ZOGMAISTER, CRISTINA
Primo
;
PERUGINI, MARCO
Secondo
;
RICHETIN, JULIETTE
Ultimo
2016

Abstract

With three studies, we investigated whether motivational states can modulate the formation of implicit preferences. In Study 1, participants played a video game in which they repeatedly approached one of two similar beverages, while disregarding the other. A subsequent implicit preference for the target beverage emerged, which increased with participants’ thirst. In Study 2, participants approached one brand of potato chips while avoiding the other: Conceptually replicating the moderation observed in Study 1, the implicit preference for the approached brand increased with the number of hours from last food intake. In Study 3, we experimentally manipulated hunger, and the moderation effect emerged again, with hungry participants displaying a higher implicit preference for the approached brand, as compared to satiated participants. In the three studies, the moderation effect was not paralleled in explicit preferences although the latter were affected by the preference inducing manipulation. Theoretical implications and open questions are discussed.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Approach; Explicit attitudes; Hunger; Implicit attitude formation; Implicit attitudes; Thirst;
Approach, Implicit attitudes, Explicit attitudes, Hunger, Thirst, Implicit attitude formation
English
7-mag-2015
2016
30
5
890
911
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Zogmaister, C., Perugini, M., Richetin, J. (2016). Motivation modulates the effect of approach on implicit preferences. COGNITION & EMOTION, 30(5), 890-911 [10.1080/02699931.2015.1032892].
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