Emotion Recognition as a Social Act: The Role of the Expresser-Observer Relationship in Recognizing Emotions

Fischer, Agneta H.; Pauw, Lisanne S.; Manstead, Antony Stephen Reid

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-32968-6_2

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“…Our daily interactions thus depend on the efficient perception and interpretation of emotion expressions (Niedenthal & Brauer, 2012) as well as the adequate reaction to these expressions (Hess, 2021). Notably, the perception of others' expressions and our reactions are influenced by personal goals and motives, often defined by the social context (Hess & Hareli, 2019) and in particular who our interaction partners are (Fischer et al, 2019;. The present research examined how facial reactions to other people's emotion expressions and judgments of genuineness of these expressions are influenced by knowing that the expresser belongs to a different social group.…”

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Bridging the empathy gap: or not? Reactions to ingroup and outgroup facial expressions

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Prior research suggests that group membership impacts behavioral and self-reported responses to others’ facial expressions of emotion. In this paper, we examine how the mere labelling of a face as an ingroup or outgroup member affects facial mimicry (Study 1) and judgments of genuineness (Study 2). In addition, we test whether the effects of group membership on facial mimicry and perceived genuineness are moderated by the presence of tears (Study 1) and the motivation to cooperate (Study 2). Results from both studies revealed group-specific biases in facial mimicry and judgments of genuineness. However, introducing cooperative goals abolished differences in judgments of genuineness of facial expressions displayed by ingroup and outgroup members. Together, the findings provide insights into how intergroup biases in emotion perception operate and how they can be reduced by introducing cooperative goals.

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“…Accuracy and inaccuracy captured different facets of these personality traits and, in some cases, simultaneously. Results from these studies starkly contrast with findings for the traditionally used hit rates approach and further support the notion that emotion recognition, which is a social act (Fischer et al, 2019) should be studied in a social context. The same applies to personality traits (Zayas et al, 2002) as predictors of EDA.…”

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“…We argue that the reason why the literature fails to provide reliable evidence for a link between personality with EDA, is the limited conceptualization and operationalization of EDA. Specifically, traditionally, this research stresses intraindividual processes and neglects the social function of both EDA (Fischer et al, 2019) and personality (Mischel & Shoda, 1995). We test this assertion empirically in seven studies using a contextualized assessment of EDA.…”

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Personality and the accurate perception of facial emotion expressions: What is accuracy and how does it matter?

Kafetsios¹,

Heß²

2022

Emotion

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Research into Emotion Decoding Accuracy (EDA) has revealed limited associations with personality. One possible reason could be the neglect of social context influences on the perception of emotions, which is problematic given the interplay of personality with social context. We propose a novel way to understand accuracy in emotion perception, which includes social context and the distinction between accuracy (perceiving the intended emotions) and inaccuracy (perceiving additional emotions to those expressed). In seven studies that utilized three methods, we found that personality traits that tap the social domain, consistently relate, in a meaningful way, to accuracy and inaccuracy in emotion perception. Accuracy and inaccuracy capture different aspects of the variance and do so more than traditional, hit rate based, methods and tests for assessing the accurate decoding of facial emotion expressions.

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“…That is, emotion recognition often takes place in a social setting in which perceivers have preliminary expectations and assumptions regarding the other’s emotional experience. Notably, this social aspect of emotion recognition – that is, the broader time perspective on how another person experiences and labels their emotions – remains largely understudied (see Fischer et al, 2019).…”

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Nuancing Perspective

Israelashvili

2021

Social Psychology

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Abstract. Two experiments manipulated participants’ familiarity with another person and examined their performance in future understanding of that person’s emotions. To gain familiarity, participants watched several videos of the target sharing experiences and rated her emotions. In the Feedback condition, perceivers learned about the actual emotions the target felt. In the Control condition, perceivers completed identical recognition tasks but did not know the target’s own emotion ratings. Studies ( Ntotal = 398; one preregistered) found that the Feedback group was more accurate than the Control in future understanding of the target’s emotions. Results provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that brief preliminary learning about past emotional experiences of another person can give one a more accurate understanding of the person in the future.

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Emotion Recognition as a Social Act: The Role of the Expresser-Observer Relationship in Recognizing Emotions

Cited by 12 publications

References 80 publications

Bridging the empathy gap: or not? Reactions to ingroup and outgroup facial expressions

Bridging the empathy gap: or not? Reactions to ingroup and outgroup facial expressions

Personality and the accurate perception of facial emotion expressions: What is accuracy and how does it matter?

Nuancing Perspective

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