The hierarchical face: Higher rankings lead to less cooperative looks

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 479-486

  Chen, Patricia ^a   Myers, Christopher G ^a   Kopelman, Shirli ^a   Garcia, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperativeness; Facial expressions; Rankings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864517993     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026308     Document Type: Article

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