[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,pinterest,linkedin,print,mail” counters=0 style=”button”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_column_text]It’s no secret we judge people based on how they look. Alexander Todorov, a psychology professor at Princeton University, researched this phenomenon. He noted how we easily and inaccurately associate behaviors with looks.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”The Test Was Set Up Using Computer-Generated Faces
” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1476827293330{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”13342″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]U.S. College students evaluated only faces generated on a computer. Only white faces were used to avoid issues of race.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#962468″ css=”.vc_custom_1468283466004{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Subtle Differences In A Face Changed A Person’s Attitude
” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1476983514437{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiJhg3vDdEU”][vc_column_text]Here’s the breakdown:
- A Baby Face Signifies Weakness: People associated a baby face with naivety, submissiveness, kindness, warmth, honesty, and physical weakness. A baby face appearance included those with a larger ratio of the cranium to the chin, a rounder face and larger eyes. Overall, women tend to have more baby-faced characteristics than men.
- Competence: A vote of competence increased with darker skin and attractiveness.
- Likability: Associated traits with likability included resemblance to a smile and attractiveness.
- Extroversion: A person was deemed to be more extroversion as face width widened and a resemblance to a smile.
- Dominance: Those photos in which the person had masculine features and darker skin were perceived to be more dominant.
- Increased Threat: Associated traits included resemblance to an angry expression and masculine features.
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#962468″ css=”.vc_custom_1468283466004{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”In Summary” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:300%20light%20regular%3A300%3Anormal” css=”.vc_custom_1468616332162{padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86dsCphiErA”][vc_column_text]We form impressions of others in less than a blink of an eye. Often these judgments are not based in reality.
Even neutral faces resemble emotional expressions. Not surprisingly angry faces are perceived as more powerful, threatening and angry. We tend to trust happy faces.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#962468″ css=”.vc_custom_1468283466004{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][easy-social-share buttons=”facebook,twitter,pinterest,linkedin,print,mail” counters=0 style=”button”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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