TY - JOUR
T1 - Be careful where you smile : culture shapes judgments of intelligence and honesty of smiling individuals
AU - Krys, Kuba
AU - -Melanie Vauclair, C.
AU - Capaldi, Colin A.
AU - Lun, Vivian Miu-Chi
AU - Bond, Michael Harris
AU - Domínguez-Espinosa, Alejandra
AU - Torres, Claudio
AU - Lipp, Ottmar V.
AU - Manickam, L. Sam S.
AU - Xing, Cai
AU - Antalíková, Radka
AU - Pavlopoulos, Vassilis
AU - Teyssier, Julien
AU - Hur, Taekyun
AU - Hansen, Karolina
AU - Szarota, Piotr
AU - Ahmed, Ramadan A.
AU - Burtceva, Eleonora
AU - Chkhaidze, Ana
AU - Cenko, Enila
AU - Denoux, Patrick
AU - Fülöp, Márta
AU - Hassan, Arif
AU - Igbokwe, David O.
AU - Işık, İdil
AU - Javangwe, Gwatirera
AU - Malbran, María
AU - Maricchiolo, Fridanna
AU - Mikarsa, Hera
AU - Miles, Lynden K.
AU - Nader, Martin
AU - Park, Joonha
AU - Rizwan, Muhammad
AU - Salem, Radwa
AU - Schwarz, Beate
AU - Shah, Irfana
AU - Sun, Chien Ru
AU - van Tilburg, Wijnand
AU - Wagner, Wolfgang
AU - Wise, Ryan
AU - Yu, Angela Arriola
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Corruption
KW - Culture
KW - Honesty
KW - Intelligence
KW - Smile
KW - Uncertainty avoidance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84952661892&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/5112
U2 - 10.1007/s10919-015-0226-4
DO - 10.1007/s10919-015-0226-4
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
C2 - 27194817
AN - SCOPUS:84952661892
SN - 0191-5886
VL - 40
SP - 101
EP - 116
JO - Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
JF - Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
IS - 2
ER -