Accuracy of Facial Affect Recognition as a Function of Locus of Control Orientation and Anticipated Interpersonal Interaction

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Abstract
The relationship of generalized locus of control expectancies to the judgment of emotion from facial expressions by male and female American college students in the context of anticipating and not anticipating an interaction with a stranger was examined. Subjects were randomly assigned to either anticipatory or nonanticipatory conditions. As hypothesized, internals were more accurate than externals in overall judgment of emotion from standardized slide photographs of facial expressions. Male, but not female, externals responded poorly to the anticipated interaction with a stranger. Females were significantly more accurate than males at identifying fear expressions and tended to be more accurate overall.