Accuracy of Facial Affect Recognition as a Function of Locus of Control Orientation and Anticipated Interpersonal Interaction

The relationship of generalized locus of control expectancies to the judgment of emotion from facial expressions by male and female American college students in the context of anticipating and not anticipating an interaction with a stranger was examined. Subjects were randomly assigned to either ant...

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Published in:The Journal of social psychology 1988-06, Vol.128 (3), p.363-372
Main Authors: Nowicki, Stephen, Hartigan, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect
Biological and medical sciences
Facial Expression
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Indexing in process
Internal-External Control
Interpersonal Relations
Judgment
Male
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Set (Psychology)
Social psychology
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Summary:The relationship of generalized locus of control expectancies to the judgment of emotion from facial expressions by male and female American college students in the context of anticipating and not anticipating an interaction with a stranger was examined. Subjects were randomly assigned to either anticipatory or nonanticipatory conditions. As hypothesized, internals were more accurate than externals in overall judgment of emotion from standardized slide photographs of facial expressions. Male, but not female, externals responded poorly to the anticipated interaction with a stranger. Females were significantly more accurate than males at identifying fear expressions and tended to be more accurate overall.
ISSN:0022-4545
1940-1183
DOI:10.1080/00224545.1988.9713753