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Looking at self or others—Differences in facial expression *
Author(s) -
Deffner Gerhard
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1987.tb00796.x
Subject(s) - psychology , facial expression , expression (computer science) , social psychology , self image , image (mathematics) , face (sociological concept) , mirror image , cognitive psychology , communication , computer vision , linguistics , mathematics , computer science , philosophy , geometry , programming language
Discrepancies between people's self‐image and other people's image of them are related to the two conditions of ( a ) looking in a mirror (a basis of self‐image) vs. ( b ) looking at another person. Photos from the two conditions were judged for likeness and there was a significant interaction between condition (mirror vs. camera) and rater (self vs. other) in the case of ‘friendly’ facial expressions. Subsequent ratings revealed that faces were less expressive in the mirror condition. These findings are discussed in terms of a model relating facial expressiveness to different types of feedback received under the two conditions.