PSYC 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Briey, Impression Formation, Physical Attractiveness
13 Oct 2016
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Liking: more likely to comply with a person whom they like, ex. Tupperware parties, mary k parties: physical attractiveness. Effran & patterson (1976) - study following canadian federal election candidates, those who were attractive received 2. 5 times the votes. Stewart (1980) - attractiveness of defendants in pennsylvania found attractive people 2 times more likely to avoid incarceration. It could be that attractive people are more con dent therefore inherently better at sales or garnering votes, etc. Studies cannot be experimental, thus are limited: similarity. Link between similarity (attitudes, personality, group membership) and liking: clothing: hippie vs. straight clothing study, asked students for a dime (emswiller, deaux, & willlits, 1971) Incidental similarity effects: burger et al. (2004): experiment 1. Similarity condition: confederate shared birthday with participant (compliance. Control condition: different birthday (compliance = 34%) Request: asked to provide feedback on an essay after experiment was ostensibly done: burger et al. (2004): experiment 2.
