Being in a positive mood confers a wide range of benefits on consumers. Positive affect enhances creativity (Isen et al. 1985), promotes self-control (Aspinwall 1998; Ragunathan and Trope 2002), and Read More »
The dictionary definition of a fellow includes: “a member of a learned society.” joining. Well, wow, what a learned society that I am It has a history dating to the first large scale models of Read More »
People must often respond to control threats of different nature in their daily lives: mundane (e.g., stockout) or tragic (e.g., natural disaster), negative (e.g., flight delay) or positive (e.g., Read More »
In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, questions of authenticity loomed large (Sergent, 2016; Szalai, 2016; Talbot-Zorn & Marz, 2016; Zimmer, 2016; Zogby, 2016). We suggest that when a person Read More »
Consumers often need to make choices when some or all of the information relevant to the decision is not physically present. To deal with this, they need to retrieve the necessary information from Read More »