Evaluations versus stereotypes in emotion recognition: a replication and extension of Craig and Lipp’s (2018) study on facial age cues

Abstract

Recently, Cognition and Emotion published an article demonstrating that age cues affect the speed and accuracy of emotion recognition. The authors claimed that the observed effect of target age on emotion recognition is better explained by evaluative than stereotype associations. Although we agree with their conclusion, we believe that with the research method the authors employed, it was impossible to detect a stereotype effect to begin with. In the current research, we successfully replicate previous findings (Study 1). Furthermore, by changing the comparative context, Study 2 provides a first test of age-stereotypes affecting emotions recognition. We discuss recommendations for future studies in the domain of social categorisation and emotion recognition.

Bodily cues of sex and emotion can interact symmetrically: Evidence from simple categorization and the garner paradigm.

“…If the task-irrelevant social cue moderates the speed and/or accuracy with which the task-relevant cue is categorized, this is taken as evidence of an interaction between these two cues. Using this method, it has been demonstrated that sex (Aguado et al, 2009; Becker et al, 2007; Craig & Lipp, 2017; Hugenberg & Sczesny, 2006), race (Bijlstra et al, 2010, 2014; Craig et al, 2012, 2017; Craig & Lipp, 2018a; Hugenberg, 2005; Lipp, Craig, & Dat, 2015), age (Bijlstra, Kleverwal, et al, 2019; Craig & Lipp, 2018a, 2018b), attractiveness (Lindeberg et al, 2019), and facial hair (Craig, et al, 2019) influence emotion perception.…”