Playoff season pits the best against the best. If you catch yourself thrilling to a failed pass or a superstar missing a field goal, there may be more at play than sheer competitive emotions. Shensheng Wang shares information on schadenfreude, a form of human dehumanization where we feel good to see someone fail.
Source: The Conversation, January 4, 2019. Link.
Linking schadenfreude with dehumanization might sound dark, especially because schadenfreude is such a universal emotion. But dehumanization occurs more often than most would like to think. We believe it’s behind the pang of pleasure you feel when you see someone fail.
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