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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
psychology
Toward a dialect theory: Cultural differences in the expression and recognition of posed facial expressions
Emotion, Volume 7, No. 1, Year 2007
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Description
Two studies provided direct support for a recently proposed dialect theory of communicating emotion, positing that expressive displays show cultural variations similar to linguistic dialects, thereby decreasing accurate recognition by out-group members. In Study 1, 60 participants from Quebec and Gabon posed facial expressions. Dialects, in the form of activating different muscles for the same expressions, emerged most clearly for serenity, shame, and contempt and also for anger, sadness, surprise, and happiness, but not for fear, disgust, or embarrassment. In Study 2, Quebecois and Gabonese participants judged these stimuli and stimuli standardized to erase cultural dialects. As predicted, an in-group advantage emerged for nonstandardized expressions only and most strongly for expressions with greater regional dialects, according to Study 1. © 2007 APA, all rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Elfenbein, Hillary Anger
United States, Berkeley
Haas School of Business
Beaupré, Martin G.
Canada, Montreal
Université du Québec à Montréal
Lévesque, Manon
Gabon, Libreville
Omar Bongo University
Hess, Ursula
Canada, Montreal
Université du Québec à Montréal
Statistics
Citations: 316
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1037/1528-3542.7.1.131
ISSN:
15283542
Study Locations
Gabon