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Facial expression judgments support a socio-relational model, rather than a negativity bias model of political psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

Jacob M. Vigil  and
Chance Strenth
Jacob M. Vigil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161. [email protected]://www.unm.edu/~psych/faculty/[email protected]
Chance Strenth
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161. [email protected]://www.unm.edu/~psych/faculty/[email protected]
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Abstract

Self-reported opinions and judgments may be more rooted in expressive biases than in cognitive processing biases, and ultimately operate within a broader behavioral style for advertising the capacity – versus the trustworthiness – dimension of human reciprocity potential. Our analyses of facial expression judgments of likely voters are consistent with this thesis, and directly contradict one major prediction from the authors' “negativity-bias” model.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 331 - 332
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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References

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