where one alternative (chocolate cake) was superior on the affective dimension but inferior on the cognitive dimension compared to the other alternative (fruit salad). Findings from two experiments supported our propositions. Consistent with our conceptualization, choice of the chocolate cake was higher when the availability of processing resources was low than when it was high but only when respondents were presented with real alternatives and when the level of consumer impulsivity was high. In contrast,
when the presentation mode was symbolic (i.e., respondents
were presented with photographs of the alternatives), or
when the level of consumer impulsivity was low, choice of
the chocolate cake was the same irrespective of the availability
of processing resources for the task.