Deriving Meaning from Others' Emotions: Attribution, Appraisal, and the Use of Emotions as Social Information

Emotional expressions constitute a rich source of information. Integrating theorizing on attribution, appraisal processes, and the use of emotions as social information, we examined how emotional expressions influence attributions of agency and responsibility under conditions of ambiguity. Three vig...

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Main Authors: Evert A. van Doorn, Gerben A. van Kleef, Joop evan der Pligt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01077/full