El objetivo de esta investigación es comprobar si la atribución de rasgos estereotípicos depende del tipo de expresión facial emocional que exhiben los individuos. Para ello, realizamos una investigación con 443 participantes a los que se pidió que atribuyeran rasgos de competencia y sociabilidad a fotos de caras de hombres y mujeres expresando diferentes emociones básicas. Los resultados muestran que las emociones negativas, ira y repugnancia, se relacionan con competencia mientras que miedo, tristeza y sorpresa se relacionan con sociabilidad. La alegría no presenta diferencias de atribución entre ambas dimensiones. Además, los resultados muestran que la asociación entre expresión emocional y competencia versus sociabilidad es independiente del género de la persona que expresa la emoción.
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