Precision of recognition of emotional expression in the oral foreign-language message and its interconnection with professional activities

The results of experimental studies, which were held in the group of teachers, engineers, actors, psychology students, students of linguistics, studying German, English, Spanish and French, to identify interconnection with professional activities with the precision of recognition of emotional expression in the oral foreign-language message are discussing in the article. The results of research have allowed to establish interrelation of characteristics of professional activity with the accuracy of detection of emotional expression, to identify and analyze the types of errors made in the recognition of emotions, to determine the modalities of emotions, recognition of which is characterized by the maximum number of errors, and detect intergroup differences in the errors of various types.

1. Aldoshina I. A. Osnovy psikhoakustiki [Foundations of psychoacoustics]. Moscow, Oborongiz Publ., 2000. 154 p.
2. Anan'eva K. I., Barabanschikov V. A., Zhegallo A. V. Kategorial'nost' vosprijatija vyrazhenija lica: priroda i determinant [Categorical perception of facial expressions: explanation and determinants]. Sistemnaja organizacija i determinacija psihiki [System organization and determination of psychics]. Moscow, Institute Psychology RAS Publ., 2009, pp. 239–287.
3. Andreeva I. N. Ponjatie i struktura emocional'nogo intellekta [Definition and structure of emotional intelligence]. Social'no-psihologicheskie problemy mental'nosti: 6-aja Mezhdunarodnaja nauchnoprakticheskaja konferencija, Smolensk, SGPU Publ., 2004, pt. 1, pp. 22–26.
4. Barabanschikov V. A. Kommunikativnyi podkhod v issledovaniiakh vospriiatiia [Communicational approach in perception study]. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal, 2012а, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 17–32.
5. Barabanschikov V. A. Ekspressii litsa i ikh vospriiatie [Facial expressions and its perception]. Moscow, Institute Psychology RAS Publ., 2012b, 341 p.
6. Barabanschikov V. A., Nosulenko V. N. Samoilenko E. S. (eds.). Poznanie v deiatel'nosti i obshchenii: ot teorii ipraktiki k eksperimentu [Cognition in activity and communication: from theory and practice to experiment]. Moscow, Institute Psychology RAS Publ., 2009, 527 p.
7. Galkina-Fedoruk E. M. Ob ekspressivnosti i emotsional'nosti v iazyke [About expressivity and emotionality in language]. Sbornik statei po iazykoznaniiu. Moscow, 1957, pp. 103–125.
8. Darwin Ch. Vyrazhenie emotsii u cheloveka i zhivotnykh [The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]. Moscow, 1953, vol. 5. pp. 431–480.
9. Dzhandoletova B. S. Vyrazhenie i vospriiatie emotsii v raznosistemnykh iazykakh. Diss. kand. filol. nauk [Expression and perception of emotions in different languages. PhD. filol. thesis]. Sankt-Peterburg, 2004, 215 p.
10. Esin I. B. Spetsifika emotsional'nogo slukha i emotsional'noi ekspressivnosti rechi u predstavitelei raznykh professii. Diss. kand. psychol. nauk [Specificity of emotional hearing and emotional expressivity of speech in different professions. PhD. psychol. thesis]. Moscow, 2006, 122 p.
11. Zhuravlev A. L. Sovmestnaia deiatel'nost': teoriia, metodologiia, praktika [Joint social interaction: theory,experiment, practice]. Moscow, 1988, 229 p.
12. Korneva T. V., Bazhin E. F. O roli professional'nogo i polovogo faktorov v auditorskoi otsenke emotsional'no okrashennoi rechi [Professional and gender factors in estimation of emotional speach]. Problemy kosmicheskoi biologii. Moscow, 1977, vol. 34, pp. 293–299.
13. Lomov B. F. Psikhicheskaia reguliatsiia deiatel'nosti [Mental regulation of activity]. Moscow, Institute Psychology RAS Publ., 2006, 624 p.
14. Manerov V. H. Eksperimental'no-teoreticheskie osnovy sotsial'noi identifikatsii i interpretatsii govoriashchego. Diss. dokt. psihol. Nauk [Experimental and theoretic foundations of social identification and interpretation of speaking subject. Dr. psihol. diss.]. Sankt-Peterburg, 1993, 457 p.
15. Morozov V. P. Iskusstvo i nauka obshcheniia: neverbal'naia kommunikatsiia [Art and science of communication: nonverbal signs]. Moscow, Institute Psychology RAS Publ., 1998, 160 p.
16. Machkova R. A. Intonatsiia voprositel'nykh predlozhenii s emotsional'noi okrashennost'iu v sovremennom nemetskom iazyke. Avtoreferat. diss. kand. psychol. nauk [Intonation of interrogative sentences with emotional coloration in modern German language. PhD. psychol. thesis synopsis ]. Moscow, 1971, 21 p.
17. Knapp M., Hall J. Neverbal'noe obshchenie. Mimika, zhesty, dvizheniia, pozy i ikh znachenie. Polnoe rukovodstvo po neverbal'nomu obshcheniiu [Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction]. SanktPeterburg, Praim–EVROZNAK Publ., 2006, 512 p.
18. Podprugina V. V. Mental'nye reprezentatsii bazovykh emotsii. Diss. kand. psychol. nauk [Mental representations of basic emotions. PhD. psychos thesis ]. Moscow, 2003, 198 p.
19. Podprugina V. V., Blinnikova I. V. Mental'nye reprezentatsii emotsii u uchashchikhsia [Mental representations of emotions in learners]. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal, 2002, no. 3, pp. 31–44.
20. Rubinstein S. L. Osnovy obshchei psikhologii [Fundamentals of General Psychology]. Sankt-Peterburg: Piter Publ., 1999, 679 p.
21. Solovieva E. S. Metody i algoritmy obrabotki, analiza rechevogo signala dlia resheniia zadach golosovoi biometrii. Diss. kand. tekhnich. nauk [Methods and algorithms of speech signal processing for voice biometrics]. Moscow, 2008, 149 p.
22. Toom A. I. O vospriiatii emotsii po litsevoi ekspressii [About perception of emotions by facial expression]. Psikhologicheskii zhurnal, 1981, no. 4, pp. 150–151.
23. Burkhardt F., Paeschke A., Rolfes M., Sendlmeier W., Weiss B. A Database of German Emotional Speech. Proceedings of Interspeech, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005, pp. 1517–1520.
24. Ekman P. Cross-cultural studies of facial expression. Ekman P., Friesen W. Darwin and facial expression: A century of research in review. N. Y., 1973, pp. 169–222.
25. Izard C. E. The face of emotion. N.-Y., Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971, 468 p.
26. Feyereisen P., de Lannoy J. D. Gestures and Speech: Psychological investigations. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1991, 224 p.
27. Pittam J., Scherer K. R. Vocal expression and communication of emotion. M. Lewis & Haviland (eds.), Handbook of Emotions. New York: Guilford Press, 1993, pp. 185–198.
28. Scherer K. R. How emotion is expressed in speech and singing. Proc. ICPhS, Stockholm. 1995, vol. 3, pp. 90–96.