Is there an in-group advantage in emotion recognition?
H. A. Elfenbein and N. Ambady (2002) examined the evidence for an in-group advantage in emotion recognition, whereby recognition is generally more accurate for perceivers from the same cultural group as emotional expressors. D. Matsumoto's (2002) comment centered on 3 asserted methodological requirements. This response addresses the lack of consensus conceming these "requirements" and demonstrates that none alter the presence of the in-group advantage. His analyses had a serious flaw and, once corrected, replicated the original findings. Furthermore, he described results from his empirical work not meeting a literal interpretation of his own requirements. Overall, where Matsumoto considers subtle cross-cultural differences in emotional expression a methodological artifact in judgment studies, the present authors find a core phenomenon worthy of attention.
Elfenbein
Hillary Anger
HA
Program in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02163, USA. hillary@post.harvard.edu
Ambady
Nalini
N
D000339:Affect; D003071:Cognition; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment