In Study 2, What Do Gilbert and His Colleagues Find

question 5

Multiple Choice

In Study 2, what do Gilbert and his colleagues find are the emotional responses of a person to an insulting partner?

• A) People generally like it when others "take them down a notch," and so insulting partners and insulting nonpartners are equally liked.
• B) People like an insulting nonpartner more than an insulting partner, because the perceived insult has less of a "personal" effect on them.
• C) People show no level of liking for either an insulting partner or an insulting nonpartner.
• D) After people are insulted both by a partner and by a nonpartner, they like their partner more than the nonpartner.

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