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Chapter 4 - Contingencies of the social effects of emotions

from Part I - Emotions as Social Information Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Gerben A. van Kleef
Gerben A. van Kleef
Affiliation:
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Summary

In this chapter I propose two classes of moderators that determine the relative predictive strength of affective reactions and inferential processes in shaping observers' responses to others' emotional expressions. The first factor is the information processing depth of the observer. Drawing on classic dual-process models of information processing, I review personality characteristics and environmental influences that shape an individual's information processing motivation and ability. The second factor concerns social-contextual influences that shape the perceived appropriateness of emotional expressions. This section addresses characteristics of the situation, the emotional expression, the expresser, and the observer that influence the perceived (in)appropriateness of emotional expressions.
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The Interpersonal Dynamics of Emotion
Toward an Integrative Theory of Emotions as Social Information
 , pp. 56 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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