In a 2012 Study Examining How Personal Self-Evaluation and Classification

question 69

Multiple Choice

In a 2012 study examining how personal self-evaluation and classification of feedback are related to the experience of schadenfreude, researchers found that:

• A) participants with low self-evaluation who received negative feedback experienced more schadenfreude while watching a reality television show than those who received positive feedback.
• B) participants with low self-evaluation who received positive feedback experienced more schadenfreude while watching a reality television show than those who received negative feedback.
• C) participants indicated more pleasure in general at watching the rejection of others on a reality television show.
• D) participants with high self-evaluation who experienced positive feedback noted greater schadenfreude while watching a reality television show.

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