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Does incidental pride increase competency evaluation of others who appear careless? Discrete positive emotions and impression formation.

Toshiki Saito; Kosuke Motoki; Rui Nouchi; Ryuta Kawashima; Motoaki Sugiura · 2019 · PLoS ONE

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Abstract

Emotion plays important and diverse roles across various social relations. Although the social functions of emotion have attracted increased attention, the effects of positive emotions such as pride on impression formation remain poorly understood. Drawing on social projection theory, this study examined how incidental experiences of pride influenced the impressions of those who made a blunder, along with two other characteristics: the person's warmth and competence. Participants were designated randomly to receive inductions of pride, awe, or a neutral emotion. Subsequently, they were asked t

Abstract by Toshiki Saito; Kosuke Motoki; Rui Nouchi; Ryuta Kawashima; Motoaki Sugiura, PLoS ONE (2019) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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