Authentic pride and hubristic pride are conceptually distinct emotions, but it’s unclear whether authentic pride and hubristic pride correspond to different static expressions. The current study sought to examine adults’ capacity to recognize static expressions of authentic pride and hubristic pride. In Study 1, recognition performance was investigated through a classification task and results showed that Chinese adults could recognize static expressions of authentic pride and hubristic pride. It was also found that Chinese adults’ recognition performance was reduced when the eyes area or mouth region of expression was occluded. Study 2 demonstrated that Chinese adults could recognize facial expressions of hubristic pride, but not authentic pride. It is concluded that authentic pride and hubristic pride were associated with distinct static expressions and individuals recognized them in different ways. These findings shed light on the research of static expressions of authentic pride and hubristic pride.
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