Abstract
The magnitude of the happy categorisation advantage, the faster recognition of happiness than negative expressions, is influenced by facial race and sex cues. Previous studies have investigated these effects using predominantly Caucasian samples. To determine whether these influences generalise across cultures, Caucasian (Experiments 1 and 2) and Chinese participants (Experiment 2) categorised happy and angry expressions displayed on ownrace male faces presented with emotional other-race male, own-race female, and otherrace female faces in separate tasks. Although results suggested some differences across cultures, the task specific influence of social category cues on the happy categorisation advantage on own-race male faces was not influenced by participant ethnicity. The happy categorisation advantage was present for own- and other-race female, but not own-race male faces when they were categorised together, and present for own-race male faces when they were encountered with other-race male faces. Results suggest cross-cultural similarity in the influence of social category cues on emotion categorisation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 62 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 44th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology - Shoal Bay, Australia Duration: 19 Apr 2017 → 22 Apr 2017 Conference number: 44th |
Conference
| Conference | 44th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology |
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| Abbreviated title | EPC |
| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Shoal Bay |
| Period | 19/04/17 → 22/04/17 |