Language as Context Modulates Social Judgments

作     者：Shan Gao Zhao Gao Ting Gou 

作者机构：School of Foreign LanguagesUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China Key Laboratory for Neurolnformation of Ministry of EducationCentre for Information in MedicineUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChengdu 611731China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Electronic Science and Technology》 (电子科技学刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第15卷第1期

页      面：48-51页

核心收录：

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学] 0303[法学-社会学] 050102[文学-语言学及应用语言学] 03[法学] 030303[法学-人类学] 05[文学] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.31600880 Chinese Fundamental Research Funding for Central Universities under Grant No.ZYGX2015002 Interdisciplinary Development under Grant No.Y03111023901014007 

主　　题：Context verbal praise targeting statements behaviour valued avoidance likely neutral 

摘      要：Social judgments are usually made in the context of complex information including verbal *** we investigated the impact of verbal statements on social judgments by biasing male and female neutral faces with descriptives of differentially-valenced behaviour（criticizing or praising） targeting others or objects. Results showed significant main effects of valence and target, such that critical individuals were rated lower in likeability than praising ones and those targeting others relative to objects were valued less. In particular, those who criticized others were the most unlikeable. Among critical individuals, men were less likeable than women. Similarly, men became less valued while targeting others. Overall these findings suggest that the negative impact of critical attributes may trigger avoidance in social interaction while the positive impact of praise may trigger approach.