PSY331H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Critical Role, Sequent, Word Game
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The cognitive consequences of envy: attention, memory, and self-regulatory. In a series of 4 experiments, we provide evidence that in addition to having an affective component envy may also have important consequences for cognitive processing. Hypothesis: experiencing envy should increase attention to and memory for advantaged targets. Envy = a subjectively unpleasant emotion that can arise in response to social comparisons with advantaged others in domains of personal relevance. Does not elicit a unique affective state or facial expression. Experienced as a complex mix of unpleasant psychological states. Often accompanied by feelings of hostility and ill will toward the advantaged other. Envy experienced in response to an advantaged other may evoke a functionally coordinated cascade of cognitive processes. Explored whether activating envy would correspond to participants paying more attention to and being better able to recall information about fictitious same-sex targets than a control group. Written guided imagery procedure - an emotional state is activated through a writing exercise.
