本研究以40名大学生为研究对象,通过内隐加工和内隐记忆的方法探讨面孔信任评价是否为自动加工。结果表明,在外显记忆任务下,大学生在三种可信度面孔的再认成绩两两之间差异显著,其中不可信任面孔再认正确率最高,反应最快;在内隐记忆任务下,不可信任面孔的再认成绩最好,且反应最快。这些结果说明,个体可以依据陌生面孔的可信度对面孔进行自动加工,且对不可信任面孔最为敏感。
Using the methods of implicit processing and implicit memory, the present study investigated whether trustworthiness judgment of faces is automatic. Results in the explicit memory task showed significant effect of trustworthiness on the recall performances with the best and most rapid reaction for the untrustworthy faces. Whereas the implicit memory task showed the comparable results in which the participants also had the best and the most rapid memory for the untrustworthy faces. These findings taking together suggested that the trustworthiness judgment of unfamiliar faces is an automatic process, in which individuals are most sensitive to untrustworthy faces.