PSYCH 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Social Perception, Wrinkle, Soltyrei
28 Nov 2020
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**as adults we form first impressions from faces and other aspects of a person"s appearance. Additional research has shown that people evaluate quickly, spontaneously, and unconsciously whether a face indicates that a person is dominant or submissive and trustworthy or untrustworthy. For example, young children as young as 3 and 4 years show this adult-like tendency to judge whether a person is mean or nice based on a brief exposure to the face. In social perception studies, researchers have found that adults who have baby-faced features large, round eyes; high eyebrows; round cheeks; a large forehead; smooth skin; and a rounded chin tend to be seen as warm, kind, naive, weak, honest, and submissive. In contrast, adults who have mature features small eyes, low brows and a small forehead, wrinkled skin, and an angular chin are seen as stronger, more dominant, and more competent. ***the impressions we form of others are influenced by superficial aspects of their appearance***
