Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2015/Schadenfreude

Suggestions

Hello! What a great topic you have chosen! So interesting and definitely prevalent in today's narcissistic society ;) I have a few suggestions for your book chapter. Schadenfreude is characterised as pleasure at the suffering of others. I would look at the relationship between schadenfreude and envy (for example some studies reveal scahadenfreude predicts envy while others do not).

I believe a key theory to explain schadenfreude is the biological theory. Studies have shown that a stronger anterior cingulate cortex activity is linked to schadenfreude. I have suggested a few links to help you with your chapter below.

Takahashi, H., Kato, M., Matsuura, M., Mobbs, D., Suhara, T., & Okubo, Y. (2009). When your gain is my pain and your pain is my gain: neural correlates of envy and schadenfreude. Science, 323(5916), 937-939. Leach, C. W., Spears, R., Branscombe, N. R., & Doosje, B. (2003). Malicious pleasure: schadenfreude at the suffering of another group. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(5), 932. van Dijk, W. W., Ouwerkerk, J. W., Goslinga, S., Nieweg, M., & Gallucci, M. (2006). When people fall from grace: reconsidering the role of envy in Schadenfreude. Emotion, 6(1), 156.

Good luck and i am looking forward to reading this :) --U3034876 (discuss • contribs) 10:51, 23 October 2015 (UTC) THANK YOU!!! Have most of these, but some are new and look very helpful!

I must agree on the previous suggestions. I had a look at the same articles and a few more which I'll reference that I think will assist you greatly in your study of schadenfreude. The biological theory is a very prominent one and I looked into a few articles that explore neurological correlations when examining schadenfreude. It may benefit you to look into the effects of oxytocin in modulating schadenfruede and envy - Shamay-Tsoory, S. G., Fischer, M., Dvash, J., Harari, H., Perach-Bloom, N., & Levkovitz, Y. (2009). Intranasal administration of oxytocin increases envy and schadenfreude (gloating). Biological psychiatry, 66(9), 864-870. These other articles are worth looking at also Smith, R., Turner, T., Garonzik, R., Leach, C., Urch-Druskat, V., & Weston, C. (1996). Envy and schadenfreude. Feather, N. T., & Sherman, R. (2002). Envy, resentment, schadenfreude, and sympathy: Reactions to deserved and undeserved achievement and subsequent failure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(7), 953-961. All the best. --U3127811 (discuss • contribs) 23:05, 24 October 2015 (UTC) Thank you!!! Very helpful!

Hello friend! I noticed that you hadn't started on your self evaluation section. I cam across an article that might help you. I've written a starting point on your chapter for that section.If you like the idea, here is the reference: Van Dijk, W. (2013). Why do we sometimes enjoy the misfortune of others? | Big Questions in Society | the InMind blog | In-Mind. In-mind.org. Retrieved 25 October 2015, from http://www.in-mind.org/blog/post/why-do-we-sometimes-enjoy-the-misfortune-of-others. Good luck! U3085835 (contribs) 21:32, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

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FYI, the convention on Wikiversity is for lower-cased headings. For example, use: ==Cats and dogs== rather than ==Cats and Dogs== -- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a very solid chapter which could be improved by making better use of the wiki environment (e.g., by adding interwiki links). For more feedback see these copyedits and the comments below. Theory Theory is well covered and well summarised in the conclusion. Perhaps some more examples could help to bring the topic to life. Research Research is described reasonably well. Research should generally be described in the past tense. e.g., "Smith, Powell, Combs, and Schurtz (2009) also showed the correlation between envy and schadenfreude." When describing important research studies, provide some indication of the nature of the sample and possibly cultural context. When discussing important research findings, indicate the size of effects in addition to whether or not there was an effect or relationship. Written expression Written expression is generally good. Avoid one sentence paragraphs. A paragraph should typically consist of three to five sentences. Layout is simple but effective. Add bullet-points for See also and External links Use APA style for Figure captions. Interwiki links could be added (e.g., to relevant Wikipedia articles and other Wikiversity book chapters) to make the text more interactive. Useful quiz. Spelling Use Australian spelling (e.g., hypothesize -> hypothesise) Grammar and proofreading Check and correct the use of ownership apostrophes (e.g., individuals vs. individual's vs. individuals') APA style Check and correct the use of "&" vs. "and" (Use ampersand (&) inside brackets and "and" outside brackets). Add APA style captions to figures. The APA style for the reference list is very good; remove issue numbers for seriated journals. Remove issue numbers for seriated journal references.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:39, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a reasonable presentation. Structure and content The role of envy could be more clearly explained. The explanation of in-group inferiority sounded more like in-group superiority? Perhaps consider including more visual images. A simpler conclusion slide summarising the take-home messages could be helpful. Communication Check pronunciation of schadenfreude - e.g., http://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/schadenfreude Text is on the small-side - consider increasing text size so that it is more readable. Also consider reducing the amount of text on each slide. Production quality Basic, but effective production quality. Fill out the description field (e.g., brief description of presentation, license details, link back to chapter).

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