1. Be careful where you smile: culture shapes judgments of intelligence and honesty of smiling individuals
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Radwa Salem, D.O. Igbokwe, Gwatirera Javangwe, María del Carmen Malbrán, Piotr Szarota, Joonha Park, Beate Schwarz, Vivian Miu-Chi Lun, Michael Harris Bond, Julien Teyssier, Colin A. Capaldi, Alejandra Domínguez-Espinosa, Wolfgang Wagner, Martín Nader, Ottmar V. Lipp, Márta Fülöp, Chien-Ru Sun, Vassilis Pavlopoulos, Enila Cenko, Karolina Hansen, C. Melanie Vauclair, Patrick Denoux, Cláudio Vaz Torres, Kuba Krys, Eleonora Burtceva, Radka Antalikova, Cai Xing, Arif Hassan, Hera Mikarsa, Taekyun Hur, Muhammad Rizwan, Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg, Lynden K. Miles, Ryan Wise, L. Sam S Manickam, Ana Chkhaidze, Angela Arriola Yu, Irfana Shah, Ramadan A. Ahmed, İdil Işık, Fridanna Maricchiolo, Krys, Kuba, Melanie Vauclair, C., Capaldi, Colin A., Lun, Vivian Miu Chi, Bond, Michael Harri, Domínguez Espinosa, Alejandra, Torres, Claudio, Lipp, Ottmar V., Manickam, L. Sam S., Xing, Cai, Antalíková, Radka, Pavlopoulos, Vassili, Teyssier, Julien, Hur, Taekyun, Hansen, Karolina, Szarota, Piotr, Ahmed, Ramadan A., Burtceva, Eleonora, Chkhaidze, Ana, Cenko, Enila, Denoux, Patrick, Fülöp, Márta, Hassan, Arif, Igbokwe, David O., Işık, İdil, Javangwe, Gwatirera, Malbran, María, Maricchiolo, Fridanna, Mikarsa, Hera, Miles, Lynden K., Nader, Martin, Park, Joonha, Rizwan, Muhammad, Salem, Radwa, Schwarz, Beate, Shah, Irfana, Sun, Chien Ru, van Tilburg, Wijnand, Wagner, Wolfgang, Wise, Ryan, and Yu, Angela Arriola
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306: Kultur ,Social Psychology ,Ciencia política ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Intelligence ,Culture ,050109 social psychology ,Honesty ,Ciências Sociais::Psicologia [Domínio/Área Científica] ,Smile ,050105 experimental psychology ,Nonverbal communication ,Perception ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Corrupción ,Political science ,media_common ,Uncertainty avoidance ,Original Paper ,Social perception ,Public administration ,4. Education ,Psychological research ,05 social sciences ,16. Peace & justice ,Psicología ,302: Soziale Interaktion ,Corruption ,Honestidad ,Prosocial behavior ,Administración pública ,Psychology ,Attribution ,Social psychology - Abstract
Smiling individuals are usually perceived more favorably than non-smiling ones—they are judged as happier, more attractive, competent, and friendly. These seemingly clear and obvious consequences of smiling are assumed to be culturally universal, however most of the psychological research is carried out in WEIRD societies (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) and the influence of culture on social perception of nonverbal behavior is still understudied. Here we show that a smiling individual may be judged as less intelligent than the same non-smiling individual in cultures low on the GLOBE’s uncertainty avoidance dimension. Furthermore, we show that corruption at the societal level may undermine the prosocial perception of smiling—in societies with high corruption indicators, trust toward smiling individuals is reduced. This research fosters understanding of the cultural framework surrounding nonverbal communication processes and reveals that in some cultures smiling may lead to negative attributions., La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
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- 2016