Addressing the suffering of the object of envy - one of the most frequent and common human emotions Bashny.Net

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People rarely admit that they like those they envy, ill or uncomfortable, but scientists say that there is nothing unnatural about it. According to recent studies, the satisfaction of the suffering of the object of envy - one of the most frequent and common emotions that occur in humans.

Experiment Susan Fiske, professor of Princeton University and Mines Sukkar, an employee of Carnegie Mellon University, has shown that almost all experiencing pleasure when someone fails more successful.

In the first phase the study participants showed photographs of people that cause different emotions - pity (old picture) to the envy (photographs with wealthy and happy people). Then the pictures began to be accompanied by information about events that have occurred since depicted on these people, for example, "won a $ 5 lottery" (positive information), "it was doused with mud from under the wheels of a taxi" (negative), "showered" (neutral), and other similar comments.



Fiske and Sukkar found that the volunteers felt positive emotions, when they learned that people, made them the envy, there were troubles, and in the case of photos caused by other emotions, even negative, this effect did not occur. If the volunteers reported the object of their jealousy something positive, as a result of jealousy and negative feelings only intensified.

As explained Susan Fiske: "Our experiment shows that envy and gloating are directly connected and in one form or another are present in virtually all." According to her, the feeling is like rivalry in sport: every fan of football or hockey familiar joy when his team with a crushing score wins an important game, and the eternal rival of your favorite club falls to last place in the standings. About the same people experience in life if their competitors (albeit speculative) fail, or at least find themselves from head to toe in mud.

via factroom.ru