“…It is expected that the strategies and skills of decoding the emotional state of others will change with the age of receivers and also with the particular combination of the sex and dominance of a sender and a receiver. For example, the strategies that are used by younger children will differ from those of adults (Blanck & Rosenthal, 1982;Blanck, Rosenthal, Snodgrass, DePaulo, & Zuckerman, 1981;Saarni, 1979Saarni, ,1982Saarni, , 1984. Socially subordinate people may be more sensitive to changing situations than socially dominant people (Eagly, 1987;Snodgrass, 1985).…”