Recognition of Emotion by Chinese and Australian Children.

Markham, Roslyn; Wang, Lei

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ERIC Number: EJ533613

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Publication Date: 1996

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Recognition of Emotion by Chinese and Australian Children.

Markham, Roslyn; Wang, Lei

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, v27 n5 p616-43 Sep 1996

Compared the recognition of emotion from facial expression by 72 Chinese and 72 Australian children using photographs of Chinese and Caucasian faces. Results provide some evidence for an ethnic bias effect in emotion recognition and demonstrate an increase in overall accuracy with age. Cultural differences are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Bias, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Emotional Response, Ethnicity, Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries, Recognition (Psychology), Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia; China

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