Culture-constrained affective consistency of interpersonal behavior: a test of affect control theory with nonverbal expressions

  • We examined the core hypothesis of affect control theory (ACT; Heise, 2007), namely, that human social interaction is guided by culture-constrained affective consistency. Our study is the first empirical test of this principle applied to nonverbal behavior. A group of 120 subjects in 60 dyads were videotaped during a problem-solving task. Their interactions were subdivided into discrete meaningful events and assigned ratings of the friendliness, dominance, and activity displayed by the interactants. We used a computational model based on ACT to predict frequencies of, and likely sequences between, specific patterns of interpersonal affect. The model predicted the data well. We argue that assuming a principle of consistency is valuable for understanding not only individual social cognition, but also the interdependencies between individuals, social settings, and culture.

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Author:Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Carsten C. Schermuly, Tobias Schröder, Janine Netzel, Wolfgang Scholl
Parent Title (English):Social Psychology
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2014/05/23
Year of first Publication:2013
Publishing Institution:SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Release Date:2014/05/23
Tag:Affective Consistency; Culture; Interpersonal Interaction; Nonverbal Behavior
Volume:44
Issue:1
First Page:47
Last Page:58
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Link author profile:https://www.srh-berlin.de/hochschule/hochschulteam/schermuly-carsten/
Peer-reviewed:Keine Angabe - No details
JEL-Classification:Y Miscellaneous Categories
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung
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