Defensive Disdain

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Psychology

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Barry Ries

Mentor's Department

Psychology

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Second Mentor's Name

Daniel Sachau

Second Mentor's Department

Psychology

Second Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

A uniformly positive person is perceived as more likable than a uniformly negative person. When people talk about what they do not like, others may think their own tastes about the topic being discussed are belter. When people express a likeness for something, their tastes appear fixed. In addition, they have a better chance of being evaluated positively. Because of this, we hypothesize people with disdainful personalities use their negative attitudes to their advantages in social situations. Undergraduate students (N=100) will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their general attitudes. They will also be asked to review a questionnaire that appears to be filled out by either a uniformly positive, uniformly neutral, or uniformly negative target. They will then be asked to answer questions that will help judge the targets' tastes, the participants' certainty of the targets' tastes, and the general likeability of the target. We hypothesize participants will find the uniformly positive target to be the most likable. The uniformly negative target will appear to have better tastes than the others, but participants will be less certain of their tastes.

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Defensive Disdain

CSU

A uniformly positive person is perceived as more likable than a uniformly negative person. When people talk about what they do not like, others may think their own tastes about the topic being discussed are belter. When people express a likeness for something, their tastes appear fixed. In addition, they have a better chance of being evaluated positively. Because of this, we hypothesize people with disdainful personalities use their negative attitudes to their advantages in social situations. Undergraduate students (N=100) will be asked to complete a questionnaire about their general attitudes. They will also be asked to review a questionnaire that appears to be filled out by either a uniformly positive, uniformly neutral, or uniformly negative target. They will then be asked to answer questions that will help judge the targets' tastes, the participants' certainty of the targets' tastes, and the general likeability of the target. We hypothesize participants will find the uniformly positive target to be the most likable. The uniformly negative target will appear to have better tastes than the others, but participants will be less certain of their tastes.