Why do fear and anger look the way they do? Form and social function in facial expressions
Why do fear and anger look the way they do? Form and social function in facial expressions
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DOI：
10.1177/0146167204271306
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
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4
通讯作者：
Kleck, RE
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作者：
Marsh, AA;Adams, RB;Kleck, RE
愤怒和恐惧的面部表情的起源还不太清楚。作者在三项研究中验证了这一假设，即这种起源可能在于表情分别与成熟和幼稚的面孔相似。在第一项研究中，表现愤怒和恐惧的脸被认为是成熟和幼稚的脸。研究2表明，与幼稚相关的特征归因于表现出恐惧的人，而与成熟相关的特征归因于表现出愤怒的人。在研究3中，复合面孔被用来最大限度地减少归因的可能性是基于关联的愤怒和恐惧的情绪，而不是静态的面部外观线索的表情的物理相似性。这些结果表明，恐惧和愤怒的表情可能有助于那些表现出它们的人的社会适应目的，类似于与幼稚或成熟的面部外观相关的社会适应。
The origins of the appearances of anger and fear facial expressions are not well understood. The authors tested the hypothesis that such origins might lie in the expressions' resemblance to, respectively, mature and babyish faces in three studies. In Study 1, faces expressing anger and fear were judged to physically resemble mature and babyish faces. Study 2 indicated that characteristics associated specifically with babyishness are attributed to persons showing fear, whereas characteristics associated with maturity are attributed to persons showing anger. In Study 3, composite faces were used to minimize the possibility that the attributions were based on associations to the anger and fear emotions alone rather than to the physical resemblance of the expressions to static facial appearance cues. These results suggest that fear and anger expressions may serve socially adaptive purposes for those who show them, similar to the social adaptations associated with a babyish or mature facial appearance.