Sentences with phrase «experience schadenfreude»

For example, men were more likely than women to experience schadenfreude after a same - gender friend experienced a loss in social status (e.g., by missing a big play in a sports game), whereas women were more likely than men to experience schadenfreude after a same - gender friend experienced a loss in physical attractiveness (e.g., by breaking out in acne).

Thus, a man might be more likely to experience schadenfreude when he sees another man tripping compared to when he sees a woman tripping.

So, why do we experience schadenfreude, and what purpose might it serve in relationships?

They did experience some schadenfreude though.

Finally, this research suggests that we might not raise our own mate value and lower the mate value of misfortunate others when we experience schadenfreude.

A group of researchers hypothesized that experiencing schadenfreude signals to oneself that the «mate value» (or how desirable a person is to potential romantic partners) of the misfortunate person has been decreased.1 For example, a group of women may laugh at a man who trips and may see him as less of a «catch» than a man who strides by confidently.

Experiencing schadenfreude was common: all but one of the 285 participants were able to recall a time when they experienced schadenfreude.

Not exact matches

There is a barely disguised schadenfreude in Commonweal's editorial on problems experienced by Crisis.

These images are simultaneously funny and frightening; the cinematic gag of falling from a rooftop is usually cradled by some sort of comedic outcome, as the audience gets a tinge of schadenfreude watching the actor experience the inevitable result of their half - baked stunt.

Other than that there will just be the experience of enjoying one's schadenfreude served up in shovels.

Overall, participants didn't experience much schadenfreude when imagining their friend's misfortune, especially if they were close to their friend.

As expected, women experienced more schadenfreude after imagining that their friend gained 15 pounds compared to failed two major exams.

Men, on the other hand, experienced the same level of schadenfreude whether they imagined that their friend gained weight or failed the exams.

So, for example, even though women experienced more schadenfreude after imagining that their friend gained 15 pounds, they didn't rate themselves as having a higher mate value than their friend in this scenario.