Effects of physical attractiveness on perception of social skill
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To evaluate whether physically attractive individuals are seen as more socially skilled than unattractive ones, nine color photographs of a female in attractive, neutral, and unattractive presentations were developed and evaluated by independent raters. Three photographs received 100% agreement and were selected for the three conditions. 45 males were randomly assigned to the three groups and completed the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule based on their evaluation of the photograph. Groups shown the attractive photograph differed from the other two groups but the latter two did not. A moderate, positive, and significant correlation of .43 between attractiveness and perceived assertiveness was observed. The relationship between physical attractiveness and social skill development is discussed as are clinical issues.
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The positive and significant β1 for all attributes on the PRI and POST sets supports the existence of the attractiveness halo effect.
“The positive and significant β1 for all attributes on the PRI and POST sets supports the existence of the halo effect and is in line with past work that studied this effect using different subjects in two conditions: original and attractive [26,27,37].”
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Gulati, A., Martínez-Garcia, M., Fernández, D., Lozano, M. A., Lepri, B., & Oliver, N. (2024) · Royal Society Open Science · doi:10.1098/rsos.240882 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
- Authors
- Guise, B. J., Pollans, C. H., & Turkat, I. D.
- Affiliations
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1982-06
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3_suppl
- Pages
- 1039-1042
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2093998180
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- physical attractiveness, assertiveness, social perception, attractiveness bias, gender differences, social skills development, clinical implications
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