Abstract Proofs as epistemic tools are central to mathematical practice, they establish and provide explanations for the validity of statements. Considering challenge that proof construction poses learners all ages, prior research has investigated its cognitive determinants, but impact affective-motivational experiences on been insufficiently investigated. Emotions related knowledge acquisition...

In three experiments, we examine the role of motives underlying goal pursuit and metacognitive strategy mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) to predict strategic use self-regulation responses (persistence, disengagement, reengagement) when faced attainable, unattainable, or multiple goals. We trained half participants MCII treated rest as control. Experiment 1 (N = 261) unde...

Substantial progress in documenting the role of psychosocial stress in the etiology and development of physical and mental disease has been made in the past 10 years. Although the exact mechanisms with which stress impacts health are not fully understood, it is thought that the negative emotional and cognitive effects of stress alter the immune response and increase susceptibility to disease. S...

AIMS This study aimed to establish and compare the effects of brief sensory deprivation on individuals differing in trait hallucination proneness. METHOD Eighteen participants selected for high hallucination proneness were compared against 18 participants rating low on this trait. The presence of psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), and participants' cognitive appraisals of these, was evaluated...

BACKGROUND This research aimed to test whether positive, negative, or conflicting appraisals about activated mood states (e.g., energetic and high states) predicted bipolar disorder. METHODS A sample of individuals from clinical and control groups (171 with bipolar disorder, 42 with unipolar depression, and 64 controls) completed a measure of appraisals of internal states. RESULTS High nega...

The Dual Vulnerability Model of seasonal depression posits that seasonal vegetative symptoms are due to a physiological vulnerability, but cognitive and mood symptoms are the result of negative appraisal of vegetative changes. In addition, rumination may be associated with stronger negative attitudes toward vegetative symptoms. This is the first study to examine implicit attitudes toward vegeta...

In this paper we explore the effects of emotion on attributions for criminal behavior and attitudes toward the criminal justice system. Drawing on cognitive appraisal theories of emotion, we consider whether discrete forms of emotional experience (such as anger, sadness, and fear) exert unique effects on political thinking, rather than making a gross distinction between positive and negative em...