How distressed would you be to drink a glass of water, which has been scientifically treated, but was originally wastewater from showers and toilets?
psychology
Description
Sympathetic Magic Scale
Instructions:
For the following scenarios, please:
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Imagine
yourself in the scenario as vividly as possible even if the situation seems unlikely
2.
Choose
the response that best corresponds to how you would feel in that situation and
how likely you would be to engage in the behavior that is addressed in the
question
There
are no right or wrong answers. Please note that none of the scenarios below
can directly harm you in any way.
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You visit a friend who lives in a
building that uses a wastewater reuse system, which takes water from the
shower and toilet, cleans and sterilizes it, and returns it through the
faucet. The water is continually
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1a. How distressed would you be to drink a
glass of water, which has been scientifically treated, but was originally
wastewater from showers and toilets? |
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You dropped your
wallet into a toilet that you know has just been cleaned and sterilized. |
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2a. How distressed
do you feel sticking your hand into the toilet water to grab your wallet? |
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You find out that the
refurbished video camera you just bought on sale was used by a child
pornographer. |
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3a. How distressed do you feel using this
video camera that a child pornographer used? |
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A restaurant in your
neighborhood is relocating and gave you a box of kitchen supplies. Later you
find out a professional chef’s knife in the box was used to stab somebody. |
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4a. How distressed do you feel using that
knife that was used to stab somebody? |
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You are spending the
night in a 5-star hotel located in a safe, upscale neighborhood. You find out
that the guest staying in your hotel room the night before had a prostitute. |
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5a. How distressed do you feel sleeping in
that bed? |
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You go to an elegant
spa and take a clean, freshly drawn bath. You find out that someone
ejaculated in the same bath 2 days ago. |
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6a. How distressed do you feel being in the
bath? |
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You are sitting in a
thoroughly cleaned movie seat, and you find out someone vomited in the same
seat the day before. |
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7a. How distressed do you feel sitting in that
movie seat? |
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You are listening to
a famous piece of classical music by Wagner, “Flight of the Valkyries”, when
a credible source tells you that Hitler was so inspired by this song that he
taught the Nazis to kill to it. |
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8a. How distressed do you feel listening to
this music that inspired Hitler? |
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A cockroach runs
across a plate of your favorite cookies. The cockroach only touches one
cookie but none of the other cookies. |
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9a. How distressed do you feel eating one of
the untouched cookies? |
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You are browsing
through a gallery and notice this lovely photograph of a group of children
playing in a field. When you go to buy it, you find out that the picture was
taken by a war photographer who had known of a landmine in the field, but
chose to take the picture instead of saving one of the children’s lives. |
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10a. How distressed
do you feel purchasing this photograph? |
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