Table 1 Questions of faux pas test
Participants were asked to answer the following questions for each story read by the research assistant: | |
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Q1. | Detect a faux pas: “In the story, did anyone say something that they should not have said or something awkward?” |
Q2. | Identify who committed the faux pas: “Who said something that they should not have said or something awkward?”a |
Q3. | Interpret the recipient’s mental state: “Why shouldn’t he/she have said it?”a |
Q4. | Understand the speaker’s intention: “Why do you think he/she said it?”a |
Q5. & Q6. | Recall specific story content, for example: “Who won the competition?”b |