(Dobby effect,. Nelissen, R. M. A. & M. Zeelenberg, 2009). ⢠Experiencing pain as a penalty can reduce feeling of guilt (Cleansing the Soul by Hurting the Flesh,.
Xiang Huang, Tong Chen, Mowei Shen Department of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Zhejiang University
Measurement • Targets = Faces of victims
The Outcome of Guilty is Pro-social • Guilt may evoke self-punishment in the absent of opportunities-for-compensation. (Dobby effect, Nelissen, R. M. A. & M. Zeelenberg, 2009)
• Response Congruency = RTdistantly - RTclosely • Final Distance = ln(Disadj.) – ln(Disref.)
• Experiencing pain as a penalty can reduce feeling of guilt (Cleansing the Soul by Hurting the Flesh, Bastian, B. et al., 2011, 2012)
Experimental environment
Guilty Induction • Cooperation task
Question: How does guilty affect our Inner world ?
Virtual z-dimension
p < .05
90 60 30 0 -30 -60 Guilty
push distantly pull closely
distance on depth? House
120 90 60 30 0 -30 -60
Face
0
-0.05
House
Face
House
120 90 60 30 0 -30 -60
House
0.1
0.05
Face
Guilty
0.10
Final Distance(pix)
reference 300 ms
Third-part Person?
House
Final Distance(pix)
Final Distance(pix)
reaction
z-dimension
Perceptual difference of
Face
0.05 0 -0.05
0.05 0.00
-0.05
fixation 500 ms
p < .05
-0.1 Guilty
Sample = 20
1
2
3
4
5
6
+
-0.1
-0.10
Non-Guilty
Guilty
Sample = 20
+
pix
x-dimension
Guilty
0.1
1200
Target Victim or Any
Non-Guilty
Face
600
Image on the screen
Response Congruency(ms)
120
House
Response Congruency(ms)
Face
Response Congruency(ms)
Procedure
0
y-dimension
• Guilty = only got themselves benefits (partner victim)
Approaching-Face effect
+
Viewer
• Non-guilty = got both benefits (no victim)
Hypothesis: Guilty may change the representation of target victims, preferring closely to distantly.
Terrible! I feel guilty!
Screen
Guilty
Sample = 20
+
Guilty induced during an interpersonal corporation could affect the facial perception of a target person, leading to an approaching-face effect.
Nelissen, R. M., & Zeelenberg, M. (2009). When guilt evokes self-punishment: evidence for the existence of a Dobby Effect. Emotion, 9(1), 118-122
Such effect is restrict to faces of victims rather than third-part persons, and is not due to perceptual differences of distance on depth.
Bastian, B., Jetten, J., & Stewart, E. (2012). Physical Pain and Guilty Pleasures. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 4(2), 215-219.
Bastian, B., Jetten, J., & Fasoli, F. (2011). Cleansing the soul by hurting the flesh: the guiltreducing effect of pain. Psychol Sci, 22(3), 334-335.
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