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The forced-choice paradigm and the perception of facial expressions of emotion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11195893     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The view that certain facial expressions of emotion are universally agreed on has been challenged by studies showing that the forced-choice paradigm may have artificially forced agreement. This article addressed this methodological criticism by offering participants the opportunity to select a none of these terms are correct option from a list of emotion labels in a modified forced-choice paradigm. The results show that agreement on the emotion label for particular facial expressions is still greater than chance, that artifactual agreement on incorrect emotion labels is obviated, that participants select the none option when asked to judge a novel expression, and that adding 4 more emotion labels does not change the pattern of agreement reported in universality studies. Although the original forced-choice format may have been prone to artifactual agreement, the modified forced-choice format appears to remedy that problem.
Authors:
M G Frank; J Stennett
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of personality and social psychology     Volume:  80     ISSN:  0022-3514     ISO Abbreviation:  J Pers Soc Psychol     Publication Date:  2001 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-01-22     Completed Date:  2001-03-22     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0014171     Medline TA:  J Pers Soc Psychol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  75-85     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08903-1071, USA. mgfrank@scils.rutgers.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Choice Behavior*
Emotions*
Facial Expression*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
New Jersey
New South Wales
Research Design / standards
Sampling Studies
Social Perception*

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