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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Child Psychol. 2011 Apr 7;110(2):227–240. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.02.010

Appendix.

Mistaken gift observational coding system for emotional responding.

Positive Affect

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
slight
pleasure
somewhat
pleased
pleased intense
pleasure
Negative Affect

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
slight
displeasure
somewhat
displeased
displeased intense
displeasure
Happy

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
slight
smile
intermittent
smiles
small, frequent
smiles
constant
grinning
Disappointment

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
glimmer bit of
facial
more facial;
comments
intense;
complaints
Disgust

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
slight expression;
put toy away
“Oh!”
“Baby toy”
some facial
arguing
(milder);
facial reaction
“Hate it!”
“Don’t like it!”
strong facial
reaction
Surprise

1 2 3 4 5
No
Evidence
slight reaction;
quick
More than quick
facial reaction; minor
verbalization
Facial and/or
Verbalizing
Major verbal
&/or behavior
Anger

1 2 3 4 5
No
evidence
hint of
anger
somewhat
angry
angry intensely
angry
Negative to Positive Change

1 2 3 4 5
No
change
Neu to some +;
some − to neu;
some + to strong +
Neu to strong +;
some − to some +
some− to
strong +
strong − to
strong +