Appearance-based inferences bias source memory

Appearance-based inferences bias source memory.

Previous research varying the trustworthiness of appearance has demonstrated that facial characteristics contribute to source memory. Two studies extended this work by investigating the contribution to source memory of babyfaceness, a facial quality known to elicit strong spontaneous trait inferences. Young adult participants viewed younger and older babyfaced and mature-faced individuals paire...

Look who's talking! Facial appearance can bias source monitoring.

When we see a stranger's face we quickly form impressions of his or her personality, and expectations of how the stranger might behave. Might these intuitive character judgements bias source monitoring? Participants read headlines "reported" by a trustworthy- and an untrustworthy-looking reporter. Subsequently, participants recalled which reporter provided each headline. Source memory for likel...

Elected in 100 milliseconds: Appearance-Based Trait Inferences and Voting

Recent research has shown that rapid judgments about the personality traits of political candidates, based solely on their appearance, can predict their electoral success. This suggests that voters rely heavily on appearances when choosing which candidate to elect. Here we review this literature and examine the determinants of the relationship between appearance-based trait inferences and votin...

Appearance, Inferences about Credit Quality and Learning

Appearance and personal characteristics, such as age, gender, ethnicity and the way a person presents himself have been shown to play a role in many economic exchanges. Various explanations have been proposed for this finding, ranging from ‘statistical discrimination’, where such variables are surrogates for unobservable characteristics related to the quality of the counterparty, to ‘taste-base...

Ellipsoidal Bias in Learning Appearance-Based Recognition Functions