This study validates automated emotion and action unit (AU) coding applying FaceReader 7 to a dataset of standardized facial expressions of six basic emotions (Standardized and Motivated Facial Expressions of Emotion). Percentages of correctly and falsely classified expressions are reported. The validity of coding AUs is provided by correlations between the automated analysis and manual Facial Action Coding System (FACS) scoring for 20 AUs. On average 80% of the emotional facial expressions are correctly classified. The overall validity of coding AUs is moderate with the highest validity indicators for AUs 1, 5, 9, 17 and 27. These results are compared to the performance of FaceReader 6 in previous research, with our results yielding comparable validity coefficients. Practical implications and limitations of the automated method are discussed.

In press, Motivation Science Author note OCS and AGR designed the studies; MF coordinated and supervised all data collection and initial data processing; SL and LM conducted most digit length measurements; DÖ, AO, and MS coded most PSE stories; OCS processed and integrated all data files and ran all statistical analyses; and OCS wrote the manuscript, with contributions by all co-authors during editing and revision phases. Partial results from study 2 were presented at the 47 th annual conference of the

The current research presents an adapted Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP) to assess the aspects of the relational schema of romantic partners that are difficult to verbalize and tests the prediction that a positive implicit image of the partner constitutes a psychological resource that increases well-being. In Study 1, the partner-AMP predicted well-being in student participants even after controlling for explicit partner attitudes and socially desirable responding. In Study 2, the partner-AMP was assessed in women with a recent history of physical abuse and a control group. As expected, the partner-AMP was related to group membership and predicted well-being over and above explicit partner attitudes and battering experience. The results are compatible with the notion of an implicit secure base schema.One of the most fundamental constructs of relationship psychology is the mental representation of the relationship, which has been named the "internal working model" in attachment theory (Bowlby, 1973) and the "relational schema" (Baldwin, 1992) in the more recent relationship psychology anchored in social cognition. The relational schema consists of the relationship-specific mental representation of the self, the relationship partner, and the if-then contingencies characterizing their interaction. Standard self-report measures of relationship quality (e.g., adult

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We explored the influence of implicit motives and activity inhibition (AI) on subjectively experienced affect in response to the presentation of six different facial expressions of emotion (FEEs; anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise) and neutral faces from the NimStim set of facial expressions (Tottenham et al., 2009). Implicit motives and AI were assessed using a Picture Story Exercise (PSE) (Schultheiss et al., 2009b). Ratings of subjectively experienced affect (arousal and valence) were assessed using Self-Assessment Manikins (SAM) (Bradley and Lang, 1994) in a sample of 84 participants. We found that people with either a strong implicit power or achievement motive experienced stronger arousal, while people with a strong affiliation motive experienced less arousal and less pleasurable affect across emotions. Additionally, we obtained significant power motive × AI interactions for arousal ratings in response to FEEs and neutral faces. Participants with a strong power motive and weak AI experienced stronger arousal after the presentation of neutral faces but no additional increase in arousal after the presentation of FEEs. Participants with a strong power motive and strong AI (inhibited power motive) did not feel aroused by neutral faces. However, their arousal increased in response to all FEEs with the exception of happy faces, for which their subjective arousal decreased. These differentiated reaction patterns of individuals with an inhibited power motive suggest that they engage in a more socially adaptive manner of responding to different FEEs. Our findings extend established links between implicit motives and affective processes found at the procedural level to declarative reactions to FEEs. Implications are discussed with respect to dual-process models of motivation and research in motive congruence.Keywords: inhibited power motive, implicit motives, activity inhibition, affect, emotion, arousal, valence INTRODUCTIONThis paper investigates two questions. Firstly, it examines whether implicit motives (power, affiliation, and achievement motives) predict subjective affective reactions to other people's facial expressions of emotion (FEEs). Secondly, it explores whether the trait of activity inhibition (AI) moderates a potential relationship between the implicit power motive and affective responses.Implicit motives are unconscious motivational dispositions (needs) that energize the attainment of motive-specific incentives, or the avoidance of motive-specific disincentives, by charging them with affect (Schultheiss, 2008). Currently, the "Big Three" implicit motives are the focus of most research (Schultheiss and Brunstein, 2010). For people with a strong need for power (nPower), having impact on others represents an incentive, while losing impact or being in a submissive position represents a disincentive. For people with a strong need for affiliation (nAffiliation), being in a close harmonious relationship represents an incentive, while separation or the loss of a relationship represents a...