TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - The Developmental Priority of the Evaluative Dimension in Perceptions of Nonverbal Cues
JO  - Environmental psychology and nonverbal behavior
A1  - Finkelstein, Susan
A1  - Rosenthal, Robert
A1  - DePaulo, Bella M.
A1  - Eisenstat, Russell A.
SP  - 164
EP  - 171
VL  - 3
IS  - 3
N2  - Researchers who have attempted to map the basic structure of broad psychological domains (such as interpersonal behavior) have invariably pointed to the importance of the evaluative dimension. It was predicted that sensitivity to such a salient dimension would develop prior to sensitivity to other important but apparently weaker dimensions, such as dominance-submissiveness. The predicted developmental trend was supported in a study of nonverbal decoding. When judging pairs of emotional cues communicated by the face or body and by the tone of voice, younger subjects, compared to older ones, were more likely to notice discrepancies in the degree of expressed positivity than in the degree of expressed dominance.<p /> 
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SN  - 0361-3496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01142590
ID  - ref1
ER  -