Seeing more than others: identification of subtle aggressive information as a function of trait aggressiveness
Researchers have long argued that aggressive individuals automatically tend to perceive hostile intent in others, even when it is in fact absent (hostile attribution bias). Wilkowski and Robinson (2012) recently showed, however, that aggressive individuals were particularly accurate in the identifi...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2016
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Social psychology
Jahr: 2016, Band: 47, Heft: 3, Seiten: 135-149 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Researchers have long argued that aggressive individuals automatically tend to perceive hostile intent in others, even when it is in fact absent (hostile attribution bias). Wilkowski and Robinson (2012) recently showed, however, that aggressive individuals were particularly accurate in the identification of subtle cues of facial anger, indicating greater perceptual sensitivity to anger information rather than a biased perception or interpretation. We tested the generality of this finding in four paradigms with different stimuli. As predicted by Wilkowski and Robinson, the more aggressive participants were, the more accurately they identified subtle aggressive information, whereas accuracy in the identification of nonaggressive emotional information was not a function of self-reported aggressiveness. The discussion focuses on the generality and limitations of the findings. |
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| ISSN: | 2151-2590 |
| DOI: | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000266 |