(Implicitly) Judging a Book by Its Cover: The Power of Pride and Shame Expressions in Shaping Judgments of Social Status

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1178-1193

  Shariff, Azim F ^a   Tracy, Jessica L ^b   Markusoff, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

emotion expressions; evolution; person perception; pride; shame; status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864604949     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167212446834     Document Type: Article

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