PSYC 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Lightning, Social Emotions
24 Nov 2020
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(a) their own feelings toward o, (b) their feelings about themselves in comparison with o, (c) how they expected o would feel toward them, (d) how o would feel about him/herself in comparison to them. Six scenarios presented to 96 american and 42 japanese participants. Participants imagine that they were hearing about a former high-school classmate (o) at a reunion, whom they had known but had been neither friendly or unfriendly with. The scenarios described the o"s present situation, and participants rated: Scenarios: success vs. failure; deserved, not deserved, or personally relevant to the participant. Person a did not go to college, but won a large prize in the lottery and became rich. Person b was arrested for selling drugs to children, and went to jail. Person c was struck by lightning and is forced to wear a brace. Person d married my prom date, whom i am still in love with.
