Carroll J M, Russell J A
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1996 Feb;70(2):205-18. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.70.2.205.
Certain facial expressions have been theorized to be easily recognizable signals of specific emotions. If so, these expressions should override situationally based expectations used by a person in attributing an emotion to another. An alternative account is offered in which the face provides information relevant to emotion but does not signal a specific emotion. Therefore, in specified circumstances, situational rather than facial information was predicted to determine the judged emotion. This prediction was supported in 3 studies--indeed, in each of the 22 cases examined (e.g., a person in a frightening situation but displaying a reported "facial expression of anger" was judged as afraid). Situational information was especially influential when it suggested a nonbasic emotion (e.g., a person in a painful situation but displaying a "facial expression of fear" was judged as in pain).
某些面部表情被理论化为特定情绪的易于识别的信号。如果是这样,这些表情应该会推翻一个人在将情绪归因于他人时所使用的基于情境的预期。另一种观点认为,面部提供了与情绪相关的信息,但并不表明特定的情绪。因此,在特定情况下,预计情境信息而非面部信息将决定所判断的情绪。这一预测在三项研究中得到了支持——事实上,在检查的22个案例中的每一个案例中(例如,一个人处于可怕的情境中,但表现出报告的“愤怒的面部表情”,却被判断为害怕)。当情境信息暗示一种非基本情绪时(例如,一个人处于痛苦的情境中,但表现出“恐惧的面部表情”,却被判断为处于痛苦中),情境信息尤其具有影响力。