Assortative mating for perceived facial personality traits
By Anthony C. Little, D. Burt, David I. Perrett. 2006
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The widespread belief that partners look alike has received some empirical support. Here we examine some perceptual characteristics of faces that may account for this similarity. Across two studies judges rated perceived age, attractiveness, and five personality traits of married individuals' faces. Correlations showed that perceived age, attractiveness and some personality traits were similar between partners and that matching for perceived personality occurred even when controlling for age and attractiveness of the faces. This finding may reflect individuals choosing partners who physically resemble themselves or partners who appear to have similar personalities to themselves. Analysis also showed that couples that had been together longer looked more similar in perceived personality traits, which may reflect couples growing more similar in apparent personality over time or that those appearing alike in personality stay together longer.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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In Clinical Psychology
In Cognitive Neuroscience
In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Anthony C. Little
- David I. Perrett
- David Feinberg
- B. Jones
- L. DeBruine
- D. Puts
- Gillian Rhodes
- Lisa L. M. Welling
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- What is good is beautiful: Face preference reflects desired personality (2006, background): “Consistent with such notions, Little, Burt, and Perrett (2006) demonstrate that partners receive similar attributions to their faces for several personality traits.”