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A Label Superiority Effect in Children's Categorization of Facial Expressions

Author(s) -

Russell James A.,

Widen Sherri C.

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

social development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.078

H-Index - 91

eISSN - 1467-9507

pISSN - 0961-205X

DOI - 10.1111/1467-9507.00185

Subject(s) - sadness , categorization , happiness , psychology , facial expression , anger , pleasure , developmental psychology , expression (computer science) , cognitive psychology , emotional expression , social psychology , communication , psychotherapist , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language

In three studies (N's = 360, 68, 160), children (2 to 7 years of age) were asked to categorize various facial expressions. The emotion category was specified to the child by its label (such as happy ), its facial expression (such as a smile), or both. From the youngest to the oldest children and for all 3 emotion categories examined (happiness, anger, and sadness), results showed a Label Superiority Effect: emotion labels resulted in more accurate categorization than did the corresponding facial expression. Errors conformed to a structural model emphasizing the dimension of pleasure‐displeasure.

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