The relativity of time perception produced by facial emotion stimuli |
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| Authors: | Patricia M Rodriguez Mosquera Agneta H Fischer Antony S R Manstead Ruud Zaalberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Brunel University , Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK patricia.mosquera@brunel.ac.uk;3. University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam, The Netherlands;4. Cardiff University , Cardiff, UK;5. Eindhoven University of Technology , Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Insults elicit intense emotion. This study tests the hypothesis that one's social image, which is especially salient in honour cultures, influences the way in which one reacts to an insult. Seventy-seven honour-oriented and 72 non-honour oriented participants answered questions about a recent insult episode. Participants experienced both anger and shame in reaction to the insult. However, these emotions resulted in different behaviours. Anger led to verbal attack (i.e., criticising, insulting in return) among all participants. This relationship was explained by participants’ motivation to punish the wrongdoer. Shame, on the other hand, was moderated by honour. Shame led to verbal disapproval of the wrongdoers behaviour, but only among the honour-oriented participants. This relationship was explained by these participants’ motivation to protect their social image. By contrast, shame led to withdrawal among non-honour-oriented participants. |
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| Keywords: | Time perception Facial emotions Temporal reproduction Scalar expectancy theory (SET) Internal clock Attention |
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