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Does understanding of the other's intention fall under the influence of a negative bias?

Does understanding of the other's intention fall under the influence of a negative bias?

Laval, Virginie, Dardier, Virginie, Laval, Cécile and Monetta, Laura (2016) Does understanding of the other's intention fall under the influence of a negative bias? Bulletin de Psychologie, 69 (542). pp. 117-126. ISSN 0007-4403 (doi:https://doi.org/10.3917/bupsy.542.0117)

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Abstract

This paper aims to determine strategies used by adults to attribute a psychological state to a speaker in situations of communication when several cues carrying emotional valence are in opposition: Are they using the cues (context vs. prosody) or the emotional valence of the cues (positive vs. negative). Fifty adults performed a computerized judgment task, in which they were asked to complete stories. The stories varied according to context (happy or sad) and prosody (sad, happy). The results showed a strategy based on the emotional valence of cues, and the existence of a negative bias.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Negative Bias, Psychology, Emotional valence, context, emotional valence
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Last Modified: 15 Jan 2018 16:34
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/15650

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