Group Dynamics and Emotional Expression by Pierre Philippot

Group Dynamics and Emotional Expression by Pierre Philippot

The study of emotional expressions has a long tradition in psychology. Although research in this domain has extensively studied the social context factors that influence the expresser's facial display, the perceiver was considered passive. This 2007 book focuses on more recent developments that show that the perceiver is also subject to the same social rules and norms that guide the expresser's behavior and that knowledge of relevant emotion norms can influence how emotional expressions shown by members of different groups are perceived and interpreted. Factors such as ethnic-group membership, gender and relative status all influence not only emotional expressions but also the interpretation of emotional expressions shown by members of different groups. Specifically, the research presented asks the question of whether and why the same expressions shown by men or women, members of different ethnic groups, or individuals high and low in status are interpreted differently.

'The book covers 35 years of research quite well This collection will be of interest to social psychologists and their students, as well as to those just interested in better understanding the emotions shown by others' Richard Evenson, PsycCritiques

Ursula Hess is Professor of Psychology at the Humboldt University, Berlin. She received her PhD in psychology from Dartmouth College and is a Fellow at the Association for Psychological Science. Her current research is in the area of emotion psychology - in particular, the communication of affect with an emphasis on two main lines of research: psychophysiological measures and the role of social influences in the encoding and decoding of emotional expressions. Pierre Philippot is Professor of Psychology at the University of Louvain in Belgium. He is also a Master of Research at the Belgium National Science Foundation. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of Louvain. He has published many books and written many articles for international, peer-reviewed scientific journals.

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ISBN 13	9780521842822
ISBN 10	0521842824
Title	Group Dynamics and Emotional Expression
Author	Ursula Hess
Series	Studies In Emotion And Social Interaction
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2007-01-29
Number of pages	208
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