Abstract
Recent research has indicated that people draw spontaneous trait inferences (STIs) flexibly from others’ behaviors. In two experiments, we examined how perceiver's mood states and actor's gender-behavior stereotypic consistency affected the likelihood of STIs. In Experiment 1, positive mood participants made STIs from trait-implying behavior sentences, while those in negative moods did not draw such trait inferences. In Experiment 2, we further examined the role of gender stereotypes in the effects of mood on STIs and found that positive mood participants made STIs only from gender stereotype-consistent behaviors, not from gender stereotype-inconsistent behaviors, while negative mood participants still did not make STIs regardless of gender stereotype consistency. Extending prior work, we provided initial evidence for the flexible formation of STIs in response to perceiver's mood states and actor's gender-behavior stereotypic consistency.
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