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140ROB FOELS (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY), GABRIEL FARABAUGH (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY), NICHOLAS D. ZAMBROTTA (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY) Poverty is an important issue that is often viewed as caused by poor individuals' characteristics, rather than factors in society. We measured attributional complexity and need for cognition as predictors of poverty attributions and attitudes toward the poor. Higher attributional complexity was related to higher external and cultural attributions. Further, higher attributional complexity was related to more positive views of the poor. Need for cognition was unrelated to any of these variables.POSTER 72UNCONSCIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF LOVE AND FREEDOM: THE IMPLICIT AUTONOMYRELATEDNESS BELIEFS SCALEMADISON B. QUICK (GOUCHER COLLEGE), HAYDEN J. MOSHER-SMITH (GOUCHER COLLEGE), ALLIYAH K. MATOS (GOUCHER COLLEGE), BRIAN C. PATRICK (GOUCHER COLLEGE) Adding onto prior research on people's beliefs about the extent to which autonomy and relatedness needs are compatible in close relationships (Winternitz & Patrick, 2019), a new measure of unconscious compatibility beliefs was developed, based on the Implicit Associations Test (IAT; Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998). Results supported the new instrument's validity, showing that it correlated significantly with a previously established measure of autonomy-relatedness compatibility, as well as exploring connections to important relationship outcomes.POSTER 73UNTANGLING GUILT AND SHAME: DISTINCT ROLES IN RESPONSES TO PREJUDICE CONFRONTATIONSKATHERINE DEMPSEY (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY), TALIA TORRENS (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY), AMANDA HAMEL (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY), ISABELLE BERUBE (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY), DORAINNE J. GREEN (INDIANA UNIVERSITY), KATHRYN M. KROEPER (SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY) Past research on prejudice confrontations often conflates guilt and shame, despite their distinct effects on behavior. Participants recalled a time when they were confronted for offensive comments and rated their guilt and shame using newly developed scales. A confirmatory factor analysis validated that guilt and shame are distinct emotions, with guilt strongly associated with self-correction and shame linked to withdrawal. These patterns show that guilt motivates constructive actions, while shame tends to foster avoidance behaviors.POSTER 74VIDEO CONSUMPTION AND EMOTIONAL RESPONSES TO NEGATIVE FILM CLIPSANTHONY GIOLETTI (ADELPHI UNIVERSITY), KATHERINE FIORI (ADELPHI UNIVERSITY) This online study examined the relationship between video consumption levels and emotional responses to negative film clips. Participants (N = 115) reported spending an average of 7.94 hours per day watching videos. Correlational analyses revealed that only social media watching significantly predicted changes in negative affect after fear and sadness clips. Hierarchical regressions confirmed this effect, even when controlling for depressive symptoms and anxiety. Depression blunted emotional reactivity, while social media watching heightened it.POSTER 75VIEWS OF AN ALIBI WITNESSWENDY HEATH (RIDER UNIVERSITY) Online participants (N=223) read a scenario in which an alibi witness' viewing conditions varied; the witness was a (total, familiar) stranger to the suspect in a (busy, not busy) store; the witness and suspect did or did not converse. Participants showed less verdict certainty when the witness was a total stranger in a less busy store, although they saw the witness as marginally more likely to make a mistaken identification when the store was busy.POSTER 76WHAT MAKES A HAPPY RELATIONSHIP: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIP OPTIMISM, NEED FRUSTRATION, AND WELLBEINGCRAIG JUNE (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), GIULIANA ROBLES (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), CHRISTOPHER BUDNICK (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), MICHAEL NIZHNIKOV (SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY) The aim of this study is to determine if need frustration negatively predicts reduced relationship optimism. Additionally, we want to examine whether relationship optimism and relationship quality moderate the relationship between need frustration and individual wellbeing. We expect a negative relationship between need frustration and relationship optimism. Additionally, we anticipate that relationship optimism 140