Studiet undersøger, om fysisk attraktive personer antages at have mere ønskværdige personlighedstræk og forventes at føre bedre liv end unattractive personer. Resultaterne fra 60 studerende viser en “det smukke er godt”-stereotypi, uden betydelig indflydelse fra dommerens eller stimuli-personens køn. Dette kan påvirke selvopfattelse og sociale interaktioner.
Titel på undersøgelse:
What is Beautiful is Good.
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Hele abstrakt på originalsprog:
Examined whether physically attractive stimulus persons, both male and female, are (a) assumed to possess more socially desirable personality traits than physically unattractive stimulus persons, and (b) expected to lead better lives (e.g., be more competent husbands and wives and more successful occupationally) than unattractive stimulus persons. Sex of Subject * Sex of Stimulus Person interactions along these dimensions also were investigated. Results with 30 male and 30 female undergraduates indicate a “what is beautiful is good” stereotype along the physical attractiveness dimension with no Sex of Judge * Sex of Stimulus interaction. Implications of such a stereotype on self-concept development and the course of social interaction are discussed.