Science of Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학)

Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회)
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Doing More by Seeing Less: Gritty Applicants are Less Sensitive to Facial Threat Cues

  • Shin, Ji-eun (Department of Psychology, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Hyeonju (Psychological Solution Planning Part, MIDAS IT)
  • Received : 2021.09.04
  • Accepted : 2021.12.22
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

People differ greatly in their capacity to persist in the face of challenges. Despite significant research, relatively little is known about cognitive factors that might be involved in perseverance. Building upon human threat-management mechanism, we predicted that perseverant people would be characterized by reduced sensitivity (i.e., longer detection latency) to threat cues. Our data from 5,898 job applicants showed that highly perseverant individuals required more time to correctly identify anger in faces, regardless of stimulus type (dynamic or static computer-morphed faces). Such individual differences were not observed in response to other facial expressions (happiness, sadness), and the effect was independent of gender, dispositional anxiety, or conscientiousness. Discussions were centered on the potential role of threat sensitivity in effortful pursuit of goals.

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