Inferring Character From Faces A Developmental Study

被引：157

作者：

Cogsdill, Emily J. ^{[1
]}

Todorov, Alexander T. ^{[2
]}

Spelke, Elizabeth S. ^{[1
]}

Banaji, Mahzarin R. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[2] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

来源：

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2014年 / 25卷 / 05期

关键词：

physical appearance; social cognition; cognitive development; open data; social perception; open materials; SOCIAL-PERCEPTION; INFANTS; REPRESENTATION; INFERENCES; DOMINANCE; ORIGINS; MODELS; ADULTS; CUE;

D O I：

10.1177/0956797614523297

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Human adults attribute character traits to faces readily and with high consensus. In two experiments investigating the development of face-to-trait inference, adults and children ages 3 through 10 attributed trustworthiness, dominance, and competence to pairs of faces. In Experiment 1, the attributions of 3- to 4-year-olds converged with those of adults, and 5- to 6-year-olds' attributions were at adult levels of consistency. Children ages 3 and above consistently attributed the basic mean/nice evaluation not only to faces varying in trustworthiness (Experiment 1) but also to faces varying in dominance and competence (Experiment 2). This research suggests that the predisposition to judge others using scant facial information appears in adultlike forms early in childhood and does not require prolonged social experience.

引用

页码：1132 / 1139

页数：8

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