In a study done by Plant et al. (2000), participants were shown pictures of men and women with ambiguous emotional expressions (a blend between sadness and anger) and told to rate which emotion was being expressed. The participants rated men’s blends as significantly angrier than women’s and women’s blends as significantly sadder than men’s. What can you infer about gender stereotypes and emotional expression based on this finding? What is an implication of this finding?
What will be an ideal response?
We can infer that gender stereotypes do in fact influence participants’ ratings, particularly when the emotional expressions are ambiguous. Gender stereotypes affect the emotions we see people displaying, even when the facial expressions are identical. An implication of this finding is that we may inaccurately perceive and explain women’s anger and men’s sadness. We may also confirm our own gender stereotypes around emotion expression.
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