Mimicking Others’ Nonverbal Signals is Associated with Increased Attitude Contagion

Skinner, Allison L.; Osnaya, Adilene; Patel, Bhumi; Perry, Sylvia

doi:10.1007/s10919-019-00322-1

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“…Indeed, the researchers found that the babies behaviorally avoided the person who caused the stress in their mother, even though that person had not done anything to threaten them directly (Waters et al, 2014). The child also learns how to respond to similar stimuli in the future (Skinner et al, 2019). As these examples illustrate, affective synchrony is a general mechanism for social learning (Klinnert et al, 1983).…”

Section: The Concept Of Co-regulation Of Affect Is Central To Butler'mentioning

confidence: 97%

Forms and Functions of Affective Synchrony

Wood¹,

Lipson²,

Zhao³

et al. 2020

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[CHAPTER] The reproduction of another individual’s emotions in the self – the embodiment of perceived emotions – has been demonstrated to constitute one mechanism for emotional information processing. That is, seeing someone’s emotion expressions and using one’s own face to make the same expression helps the perceiver represent the emotion of the other. When members of a dyad mimic each other’s emotion expressions and by consequence converge in their underlying physiology over time we say that the dyad has reached a state of affective synchrony. The present chapter brings together recent theorizing and research on physiological and expressive affective synchrony. We propose affective synchrony serves three interrelated functions: it enables efficient information exchange, allows for interpersonal emotion regulation, and builds social bonds. We review evidence for the contexts in which affective synchrony arises, propose and evaluate the benefits and costs of achieving these states, and end by suggesting paths for future research in this area.

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Section: The Concept Of Co-regulation Of Affect Is Central To Butler'mentioning

confidence: 97%

Forms and Functions of Affective Synchrony

Wood¹,

Lipson²,

Zhao³

et al. 2020

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“…Perhaps not surprisingly, then, researchers have examined the role of facial feedback in a variety of social and emotional processes. This includes emotion recognition (Marmolejo-Ramos et al, 2020; Niedenthal et al, 2010; Wood et al, 2016), social perception (Niedenthal, Barsalou, Winkielman, et al, 2005), the experience of empathetic and vicarious emotions (Hatfield et al, 1992; Hoffman, 2001; Holland et al, 2021), attitude contagion (Skinner et al, 2020), the processing of emotional words and concepts (Neal & Chartrand, 2011; Niedenthal, 2007; Niedenthal et al, 2009; Winkielman et al, 2018), and decision-making (Carpenter & Niedenthal, 2020). Despite interesting advancements, though, a key issue remains unresolved: Are facial feedback effects mere methodological artifacts?…”

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confidence: 99%

“…, the experience of empathetic and vicarious emotions (Hatfield et al, 1992;Hoffman, 2001;Holland et al, 2021), attitude contagion (Skinner et al, 2020), the processing of emotional words and concepts (Neal & Chartrand, 2011;Niedenthal, 2007;Niedenthal et al, 2009;Winkielman et al, 2018), and decision-making (Carpenter & Niedenthal, 2020). Despite interesting advancements, though, a key issue remains unresolved: Are facial feedback effects mere methodological artifacts?…”

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Fact or artifact? Demand characteristics and participants’ beliefs can moderate, but do not fully account for, the effects of facial feedback on emotional experience.

Coles¹,

Gaertner²,

Frohlich³

et al. 2023

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The facial feedback hypothesis suggests that an individual’s facial expressions can influence their emotional experience (e.g., that smiling can make one feel happier). However, a reoccurring concern is that supposed facial feedback effects are merely methodological artifacts. Six experiments conducted across 29 countries (N = 995) examined the extent to which the effects of posed facial expressions on emotion reports were moderated by (a) the hypothesis communicated to participants (i.e., demand characteristics) and (b) participants’ beliefs about facial feedback effects. Results indicated that these methodological artifacts moderated, but did not fully account for, the effects of posed facial expressions on emotion reports. Even when participants were explicitly told or personally believed that facial poses do not influence emotions, they still exhibited facial feedback effects. These results indicate that facial feedback effects are not solely driven by demand or placebo effects.

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Section: Interpersonal Emotion Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%