A data-driven study of Chinese participants' social judgments of Chinese faces

Wang, H., Han, C. , Hahn, A. C. , Fasolt, V., Morrison, D. K., Holzleitner, I. J. , Debruine, L. M. and Jones, B. C. (2019) A data-driven study of Chinese participants' social judgments of Chinese faces. PLoS ONE, 14(1), e0210315. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210315) (PMID:30608990) (PMCID:PMC6319767)

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Abstract

Social judgments of faces made by Western participants are thought to be underpinned by two dimensions: valence and dominance. Because some research suggests that Western and Eastern participants process faces differently, the two-dimensional model of face evaluation may not necessarily apply to judgments of faces by Eastern participants. Here we used a data-driven approach to investigate the components underlying social judgments of Chinese faces by Chinese participants. Analyses showed that social judgments of Chinese faces by Chinese participants are partly underpinned by a general approachability dimension similar to the valence dimension previously found to underpin Western participants’ evaluations of White faces. However, we found that a general capability dimension, rather than a dominance dimension, contributed to Chinese participants’ evaluations of Chinese faces. Thus, our findings present evidence for both cultural similarities and cultural differences in social evaluations of faces. Importantly, the dimension that explained most of the variance in Chinese participants’ social judgments of faces was strikingly similar to the valence dimension previously reported for Western participants.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:This research was supported by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M632052, http://chinapostdoctor.org.cn), Shanghai Pujiang Program (18PJC034, http://www.stcsm.gov.cn), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2018ECNU-HWFW011, http://www.ecnu.edu.cn) to HW.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Han, Mr Chengyang and Hahn, Dr Amanda and Wang, Dr Hongyi and DeBruine, Professor Lisa and Fasolt, Vanessa and Morrison, Danielle and Jones, Professor Benedict and Holzleitner, Dr Iris
Creator Roles:
Wang, H.Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing
Han, C.Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review and editing
Hahn, A. C.Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review and editing
Fasolt, V.Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review and editing
Morrison, D. K.Methodology, Writing – review and editing
Holzleitner, I. J.Writing – review and editing
Debruine, L. M.Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review and editing
Jones, B. C.Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review and editing
Authors: Wang, H., Han, C., Hahn, A. C., Fasolt, V., Morrison, D. K., Holzleitner, I. J., Debruine, L. M., and Jones, B. C.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
College of Science and Engineering > School of Psychology
Journal Name:PLoS ONE
Publisher:Public Library of Science
ISSN:1932-6203
ISSN (Online):1932-6203
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 Wang et al.
First Published:First published in PLoS ONE 14(1): e0210315
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License
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