Sex related factors in the perception of threatening facial expressions

被引:56
作者
Goos, LM [1 ]
Silverman, I [1 ]
机构
[1] York Univ, Dept Psychol, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
关键词
facial expressions; anger; sex differences; evolution;
D O I
10.1023/A:1014418503754
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This study replicated and extended previously reported sex differences involving both viewer and target in the recognition of threatening facial expressions. Based on the assumption that the evolved cognitive mechanisms mediating anger recognition would have been designed by natural selection to operate quickly in the interests of survival, brief tachistoscopic presentation of stimulus photographs was used. Additionally, in contrast to prior published studies, the statistical methods of signal detection research were used to control for the confounding effects of non-random guessing. The main hypothesis, that anger posed by males would be more accurately perceived than anger posed by females, was supported. A secondary hypothesis, that female-posed anger would be more accurately perceived by women than by men, received partial support. Testosterone levels, measured inferentially in terms of diurnal cycles, failed to show the hypothesized positive relationship to accuracy of anger perception.
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页码:27 / 41
页数:15
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