Apology-Present Condition

      Instructions: Imagine this event happened to you.

An acquaintance offers to drop off a paper to an instructor for one of your classes. You worked very hard on the paper in order to pull up your grade for the course. A week later, when the instructor returns papers, he does not return your paper to you. After the class, you ask the instructor about your paper. The instructor says that he never received your paper and will not accept late papers. When you ask about it, your acquaintance says he/she ran into a friend, went to get coffee, and forgot to take your paper to the instructor. In fact, this person then finds the crumpled paper in his/her book bag and gives it back to you. This person apologizes over and over to you.

      Imagine how you would feel in this situation as you answer this question:

To what extent would you like something bad to happen to this person to make things even?

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            not at all                                                                      very much