175 males and 175 females were administered a Mood Adjective Check List and were then tested in a simulated driving task. Correlations between mood factor scores and performance measures were computed. Little relationship appeared between mood factors and performance on the various tasks required in the operation of the device. However, in an analysis involving high and low mood-score groups for each mood factor, Ss scoring high on factors of aggression, anxiety, and fatigue performed more poorly on various tasks than Ss who scored lower on these factors. Also, performance of males was superior to that of the females on several tasks.
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