Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) showed participants male and female faces expressing emotions such as anger or happiness. On a given trial, each face was paired either with a label giving a situational cause for the emotion or with no label. When faces appeared without a label:

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Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) found that when faces were shown without a label, participants were more likely to attribute the term "emotional" to female faces, reflecting gender stereotypes that women are more emotional than men.

Barrett and Bliss-Moreau (2009) Showed Participants Male and Female Faces