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Who’s That girl? Facial Appearance Based Inferences

People automatically make inferences from other’s appearance, and there is evidence that personality judgements have substantial accuracy for some traits, such as trustworthiness. However, interpersonal intuition is prone to error, so the validity of appearance- based inferences has been repeatedly questioned, and research has never conclusively established a relationship between facial appearance and participation in criminal activities. Therefore, the aims of this study were to examine: 1. participants’ competence to differentiate between criminals and non-criminals based on the facial appearance, 2. gender differences in theability to distinguish between criminals and non-criminals, and 3. associations between confidence in judging others and accuracy of differentiating between criminals and non-criminals. The study was conducted on-line. Convenience sample of 832 adult internet users took part in this study. Participants’ average age was 24, they were mostly females (81%), with at least a high school diploma (55%). Participants had to estimate how much confidence they have in their own judgements of other people, and then if each of 20 presented faces looks like a criminal’s. The average accuracy of (non)criminality ratings for all photographs was 57%. The accuracy of the estimated non- criminality was higher (70%) than the accuracy of the estimated criminality (45%). There were no significant gender differences in the accuracy of (non)criminality ratings. Finally, women were less confident than men in judging unfamiliar faces, and participants who were more confident in their own judgements had a higher accuracy in ratings of criminals and lower accuracy in ratings of non-criminals, but the effect sizes were small.

facial appearance, stereotypes, gender differences, criminality

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