ARTICLE ANALYSIS

Depending on my Mood: Mood Driven influences on Text Comprehension

Depending on my Mood: Mood Driven influences on Text Comprehension

Focus of the Study

The study focuses on the evaluation of the degree to which mood can influence readers' processing of text.

Hypothesis

This study hypothesized that mood, in a manner analogous to standards of coherence, would guide the processes that readers engage in during comprehension.

Interview, pre-test/post test

Descriptive statistics and an independent samples t-test were used to statistically test hypothesis. On the basis of these results of the testing of the hypothesis, the mood induction procedure was deemed to be effective as mentioned below in table (ForgasGordon 1984).

Sample size

The sample size of the study consists of 110 native English speaking undergraduates (36 men, 72 women, 2 not specified) in psychology and education departments. They included 84 Caucasians, 1 Native American, 9 African Americans, 7 Asians, and 7 Hispanics, and the average age was 23.89 years (SD = 9.17). The data from nine participants were dropped from the analyses due to scientific malfunctions or inattentive participation (Gettler 2011).

Independent/dependent variables

Key concepts of the research domain have been operationalised through categorization of research concepts into variables (Gettler 2011). The context of these arguments highlight the importance of the investigating the moods and knowledge level of comprehensive text. It also discusses to extent their cognitive capacity enhanced to manage themselves in situations characterized. Independent variables are the post induction attentiveness, condition, and text. Dependent variables are the moods of the individuals.

Experimental and control group

Participants in control, happy-induced, or sad-induced groups thought aloud while reading expository texts. Happy, sad, and neutral moods influenced the degree to which readers engaged in coherence-building processes in the service of comprehension.

Correlation coefficient positive or negative

Rating scale statements developed to measure the modes of individuals and explore the influences on Text Comprehension. Likert-scale statements measured ...