Forty-eight subjects read passages describing emotional facial expressions and then attempted to choose photographs from a standard set that matched each description in pleasantness. The range of pleasantness values was manipulated; one-third of the subjects matched neutral descriptions, one-third matched extreme descriptions, and one-third matched the full range of descriptions. The classic contrast effect that usually emerges from this sort of manipulation has been understood in terms of perceptual processes and/or response bias processes. This study employed two response languages, only one of which was subject to response bias. The results of an analysis combining this study with a previous one using similar methods showed that the obtained contrast effect could be interpreted in terms of a response bias….