In a Meta-Analytic Review of Over 100 Experimental Studies on the Psychological

question 15

Multiple Choice

In a meta-analytic review of over 100 experimental studies on the psychological effects of social exclusion (e.g.,rejection and ostracism) ,Blackhart,Nelson,Knowles,and Baumeister (2009) found that

• A) when participants experienced an act of rejection, their emotional states did shift in a negative direction (most starting in the positive range), but their resulting emotions were not negative but were neutral or slightly positive
• B) rejected people reported affective states that could be described as negative, distressed, or upset
• C) rejection produced a detectable drop in self-esteem
• D) rejection produced a detectable increase in self-esteem

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