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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 140-148 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Social Psychological and Personality Science |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 24 May 2013 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Social exclusion results in lowered satisfaction of basic needs and shapes behavior in subsequent social situations. We investigated participants' immediate behavioral response during exclusion from an interaction that consisted of establishing eye contact. A newly developed eye-tracker-based "looking game" was employed; participants exchanged looks with two virtual partners in an exchange where the player who had just been looked at chose whom to look at next. While some participants received as many looks as the virtual players (included), others were ignored after two initial looks (excluded). Excluded participants reported lower basic need satisfaction, lower evaluation of the interaction, and devaluated their interaction partners more than included participants, demonstrating that people are sensitive to epistemic ostracism. In line with William's need-threat model, eye-tracking results revealed that excluded participants did not withdraw from the unfavorable interaction, but increased the number of looks to the player who could potentially reintegrate them.
Keywords
- eye gaze, ostracism, shared attention, social cognition, triadic interaction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Social Psychology
- Psychology(all)
- Clinical Psychology
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In: Social Psychological and Personality Science, Vol. 5, No. 2, 01.03.2014, p. 140-148.
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T1 - Invisible Man
T2 - Exclusion From Shared Attention Affects Gaze Behavior and Self-Reports
AU - Böckler, Anne
AU - Hömke, Paul
AU - Sebanz, Natalie
N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the European Science Foundation.
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