A large literature on nonverbal behavior demonstrates that information from body cues can inform our impressions of others. This work, however, has largely focused on perceptions of White targets. The current experiments extend this research by investigating the impact of body poses on trait attributions, professional evaluations, and interpersonal relations for both White and Black targets. In four studies, participants were presented with images of White and Black targets with expansive and constrictive poses. Not surprisingly, Experiment 1 revealed that expansive relative to constrictive poses increased perceptions of dominance for targets of both races. Furthermore, for White and Black targets, perceptions of dominance from expansive poses were mediated by greater attributions of competence. For Black but not White targets, however, perceptions of dominance from expansive poses were mediated by greater attributions of aggression. Three additional experiments examined the influence of poses on evaluations in professional and interpersonal contexts. Experiment 2 indicated that expansive compared to constrictive poses led to greater expectations of professional success for White than Black targets. Experiments 3 and 4 demonstrated that expansive compared to constrictive poses led to a greater willingness to interact in an interpersonal setting with White but not Black targets. Attributions of aggression related to expansive poses by Black targets reduced the likelihood that they were chosen as interaction partners. The implications of these findings for understanding body perception and race relations are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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黑人摆姿势：种族和夸张姿势对特质归因、专业评估和人际关系的影响。

大量关于非语言行为的文献表明，来自身体暗示的信息可以告知我们对他人的印象。然而，这项工作主要集中在对白色目标的看法上。目前的实验通过调查身体姿势对白人和黑人目标的特征归因、专业评估和人际关系的影响来扩展这项研究。在四项研究中，向参与者展示了具有伸展和收缩姿势的白色和黑色目标图像。毫不奇怪，实验 1 表明，相对于收缩姿势，扩张姿势增加了两个种族目标的支配感。此外，对于白色和黑色目标，对来自扩张姿势的支配的感知是由更大的能力归因所调节的。然而，对于黑色而非白色目标，对扩张姿势的支配感是由更大的侵略归因所调节的。另外三个实验检查了姿势对专业和人际环境中评估的影响。实验 2 表明，与收缩姿势相比，扩张姿势导致白色目标比黑色目标对职业成功的期望更高。实验 3 和 4 表明，与收缩姿势相比，扩张姿势导致更愿意在人际环境中与白人而不是黑人目标互动。与黑人目标的扩张姿势相关的侵略归因降低了他们被选为互动伙伴的可能性。讨论了这些发现对理解身体感知和种族关系的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。