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

PloS One
Toshiki SaitoMotoaki Sugiura

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 to indicate their own impression of a person who had made a blunder and to rate their overall sense of that individual's warmth and competence. A laboratory experiment recruiting university students (Study 1, N = 79) demonstrated that pride, a positive emotion elicited by a self-relevant achievement, led to higher competency evaluations of others. However, a pre-registered online experiment in middle-aged adults (Study 2, N = 108) failed to replicate the effects of pride on competency evaluations of others. Furthermore, another pre-registered online experiment in younger adults (Study 3, N = 290) did not show successful manipulation of inci...Continue Reading

References

Jul 1, 1987·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·J P Forgas, G H Bower
Oct 1, 1970·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·R HelmreichJ LeFan
Aug 2, 2002·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Mary M Herrald, Joe Tomaka
Mar 17, 2004·Psychological Science·Jessica L Tracy, Richard W Robins
Mar 5, 2005·Personality and Social Psychology Review : an Official Journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc·Jordan M Robbins, Joachim I Krueger
Jan 6, 2006·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Charles M JuddYoshihisa Kashima
Dec 26, 2006·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Susan T FiskePeter Glick
May 1, 2007·Journal of Psychosomatic Research·Chizu Mimura, Peter Griffiths
May 29, 2008·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Lisa A Williams, David DeSteno
Feb 12, 2009·Psychological Science·Lisa A Williams, David DeSteno
Feb 24, 2010·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Sanjay SrivastavaJennifer S Beer
Mar 24, 2010·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Christopher OveisDacher Keltner
Jun 23, 2010·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Dustin WoodSimine Vazire
Sep 2, 2010·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition·Maayan KatzirYoav Kessler
Apr 19, 2011·Cognition & Emotion·Amanda D AngieVykinta Kligyte
May 20, 2015·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology·Paul K PiffDacher Keltner
Jan 21, 2016·The Behavioral and Brain Sciences·Clark McCauley
May 25, 2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Jay J Van BavelDiego A Reinero
Feb 23, 2018·Frontiers in Psychology·Kosuke Motoki, Motoaki Sugiura
Mar 1, 2003·Cognition & Emotion·Dacher Keltner, Jonathan Haidt

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Jan 10, 2020·Brain Imaging and Behavior·Mingzhu LiNing Ma

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Software Mentioned

GPower
R

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

BMJ : British Medical Journal
S Wessely
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
J Ferris
Psychological Science
Jessica L Tracy, Richard W Robins
Nursing Standard
Adele Waters
Northwest Medicine
H L Hartley, W O Robertson
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved