Re:Sad, lonely people more likely to be ‘natural’ social psy...
by knaik94 on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:12AM
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I had that question as well, I imagine only the order is randomized.
I took that question to be asking about tbe effects of positive mood and positive luck on the enjoyment of the grapefruit. If he had instead had bad luck, had a flat tire, and got an annoying ad jingle stuck in his head, would he feel he disliked that particular grapefruit more than other grapefruit? I personally said yes.
I agree though, some questions were very awkward in wording and I wonder what the optional questions about the symmetric vs asymmetric shape groupings was about.
Re:Sad, lonely people more likely to be ‘natural’ social psy...
by Mordisquitos on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:00AM
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I also got confused by the grapefruit question. I was particularly confused by the “Bob infers that he likes this particular grapefruit more than other grapefruits” bit and had to read the question a few times to be sure I was parsing it right. If instead it said “Bob infers that the he likes grapefruits more than other fruits” it would make much more sense to me (as a question, not as a way to decide personal food preferences).
Re:Sad, lonely people more likely to be ‘natural’ social psy...
by 00deadbeef on Saturday August 21, 2021 @05:23AM
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I read it as meaning Bob is superstitious and might consider that specific grapefruit to be his lucky grapefruit
> Bob experiences numerous positive things when surrounded by a grapefruit. He wins a little money at the lottery, listens to his favorite music, and eats his favorite meal. Is it possible that Bob infers that he likes this particular grapefruit more than other grapefruits, because he has experienced all these positive feelings around this grapefruit?
I can kind of understand what it's asking, but this is worse on my brain than "colorless green ideas sleep furiously". It feels like I've stepped into a surrealist novella.