Emotion

Emotion. Emotion impacts marketing efforts in several ways. One purpose is to get attention to a stimulus (since emotionally charged individuals tend to be less predictable than calmer ones, there has been an evolutionary advantage in paying attention to emotion). Secondly, emotion influences information processing. In general, happy people tend to scrutinize arguments given (e.g., purported benefits of using a product) somewhat less, since they do not want to lose their happy moods by doing too much thinking. In general, happy ads are somewhat better liked, and may be better remembered. Empathy may also increase liking for the ad and the sponsoring product.