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need for affect

an individual difference reflecting variation in the motivation to approach or avoid emotion-inducing situations. According to one study, people with a strong need for affect tend to be extreme in their attitudes about various concerns and to be highly attentive to emotional events, such as the death of a public figure. See also need for cognition. [proposed by Canadian psychologists Gregory R. Maio and Victoria M. Esses]

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