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Article
Person perception through facial photographs: Effects of glasses, hair, and beard on judgments of occupation and personal qualities
Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2420240606
Copyright © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume 24, Issue 6, pages 693–705, November/December 1994
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How to Cite
Hellström, Å. and Tekle, J. (1994), Person perception through facial photographs: Effects of glasses, hair, and beard on judgments of occupation and personal qualities. Eur. J. Soc. Psychol., 24: 693–705. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2420240606
Publication History
- Issue published online: 22 FEB 2006
- Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
- Manuscript Accepted: 6 FEB 1994
- Manuscript Received: 28 JUL 1993
Funded by
- Swedish Council for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences and by Stockholm University
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Abstract
Thirty-two photographs of male faces, four for each combination of the presence and absence of glasses, hair, and beard, were rated by 75 judges on 23 scales, assessing the typicality for 15 occupations as well as eight personal qualities. The effects of facial attributes on ratings formed characteristic profiles for the different scales. The pattern of correlations between facial attributes and factor scores from a factor analysis of the ratings indicates that the judges associated wearing glasses with intellectualism and goodness, being bald with idealism, and wearing a beard with unconventionality and goodness. In two further experiments, judges were to identify each of three faces with one of three or four occupations; the results confirmed the operativeness of the profiles from the rating experiment.