?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Negative+affective+environments+improve+complex+solving+performance&rft.creator=Barth%2C+Dr+Carola+M.&rft.creator=Funke%2C+Dr+Joachim&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Based+on+recent+affect-cognition+theories+(Bless+et+al.%2C+1996%3B+Fiedler%2C+2001%3B+Sinclair%2C+1988)%2C+the+present+study+predicted+and+showed+a+differentiated+influence+of+nice+and+nasty+environments+on+complex+problem+solving+(CPS).+Environments+were+constructed+by+manipulating+the+target+value+%E2%80%98capital%E2%80%99+of+a+complex+scenario%3A+Participants+in+the+nice+environment+(N%3D42)+easily+raised+the+capital+and+received+positive+feedback%2C+whereas+those+in+the+nasty+environment+(N%3D42)+hardly+enhanced+the+capital+and+got+negative+feedback.+The+results+showed+that+nasty+environments+increased+negative+and+decreased+positive+affect.+The+reverse+was+true+for+nice+environments.+Furthermore%2C+nasty+environments+influenced+CPS+by+leading+to+a+higher+information+retrieval+and+a+better+CPS+performance.+Surprisingly%2C+the+influence+of+environment+on+CPS+was+not+mediated+through+affect+(cf.+Soldat+%26+Sinclair%2C+2001)%2C+as+recent+affect-cognition+theories+suggest.+The+missing+influence+of+affect+and+the+strong+impact+of+environment+are+discussed.&rft.date=2010&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7618%2F1%2FBarth%2526Funke_2010_C%2526E.pdf&rft.identifier=++Barth%2C+Dr+Carola+M.+and+Funke%2C+Dr+Joachim++(2010)+Negative+affective+environments+improve+complex+solving+performance.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7618%2F