The main aim of this study was to investigatewhether the effect of induced affective states, obtainedthrough a false (positive vs. negative) feedback in a cognitive task, influenced participants' choices in a consecutive cognitive task. We also investigated a possible effect of 'social pressure' on individual preferences, by introducing information about the percentage of difficulty level choicesprovided by other participants. The 3 x 2 experimental design involved the manipulation of two between-subjects variables: feedback (positive vs. negative) and social pressure (none vs. prudent vs. hazardous), 180undergraduates (90 males), with mean age 23.99 (SD=2.89)participated in the experiment as unpaid volunteers. As expected, results showed that the feedback manipulation washighly effective. Results also showed that participants whoreceived a negative feedback chose less difficult tasks, while those receiving a positive feedback preferred more difficult tasks. Some emotions partially mediated such effect. Instead, social pressure did not affect participants' choices.
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