Vicarious goal satiation

Vicarious ostracism

Ostracism—being ignored and excluded—causes distress and threatens psychological needs (i.e., belonging, selfesteem, control, and meaningful existence; Williams, 2009). Even subtle behaviors, such as withholding eye contact or staring through someone as if they did not exist, can induce feelings of ostracism (Wirth et al., 2010; Wesselmann et al., 2012). Most individuals experience ostracism at...

Sweetness, satiation, and satiety.

Satiation and satiety are central concepts in the understanding of appetite control and both have to do with the inhibition of eating. Satiation occurs during an eating episode and brings it to an end. Satiety starts after the end of eating and prevents further eating before the return of hunger. Enhancing satiation and satiety derived from foodstuffs was perceived as a means to facilitate weig...

Satiation in Discounted Utility

In this paper, we propose a model of intertemporal choice that explicitly incorporates satiation due to previous consumption in the evaluation of the utility of current consumption. In the discounted utility (DU) model, the utility of consumption is evaluated afresh in each time period. In our model, the utility of current consumption represents an incremental utility from the past level. When ...

Vicarious liability for infringement

When is it proper to hold one person liable for the harm caused by the acts of another person? How should courts decide that? Let’s consider that in the context of manufacturers and disseminators of innovative products such as player-piano rolls, copiers, videocassette recorders (VCRs), TiVo, and Grokster. Each of these technological advances has challenged copyright law. Courts had to decide, ...

Case of Vicarious Menstruation