Emotional expressions as social signals of rejection and acceptance: Evidence from the Affect Misattribution Paradigm

Volume: 56, Pages: 60 - 68
Published: Jan 1, 2015
Abstract
Inclusion in social groups is vital to human survival and wellbeing. We propose that emotional expressions signal acceptance versus rejection to observers. Based on this idea, we hypothesized that happy facial expressions prime acceptance, whereas angry expressions prime rejection. In six experiments using the Affect Misattribution Paradigm (Payne, Cheng, Govorun, & Stewart, 2005), we tested to what extent observers associate facial expressions...
Paper Details
Title
Emotional expressions as social signals of rejection and acceptance: Evidence from the Affect Misattribution Paradigm
Published Date
Jan 1, 2015
Volume
56
Pages
60 - 68
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