Social Psychological Face Perception: Why Appearance Matters.

By L. Zebrowitz, J. Montepare. Social & Personality Psychology Compass, 2008

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Body weight, not facial width-to-height ratio, predicts aggression in pro hockey players (2012, background): “Tendencies to overgeneralize facial cues (Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2008) make sense from an evolutionary perspective because the mechanism(s) underlying such biases may not have been selected against during human evolutionary history when group sizes were smaller than in most modern societies and…”
Fooled by first impressions? Reexamining the diagnostic value of appearance-based inferences (2010, result): “While previous studies have examined the diagnostic validity of appearances, the resulting evidence has been mixed (Ambady, Hallahan, & Conner, 1999; Hassin & Trope, 2000; Rule & Ambady, 2008a; Zebrowitz & Collins, 1997; Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2008).”
A brief review of shape, form, and allometry in geometric morphometrics, with applications to human facial morphology (2013, background): “Shorter men on average have more childlike facial features than taller men, which in turn affect trait attributions and social stereotyping (Zebrowitz and Montepare, 2008).”
Social attributions from faces: determinants, consequences, accuracy, and functional significance. (2015, methodology): “It was proposed more than 50 years ago by Paul Secord (1958) and later developed and elaborated by Leslie Zebrowitz and her colleagues (Zebrowitz 2011, Zebrowitz & Montepare 2008).”
Understanding evaluation of faces on social dimensions. (2008, background): “The overgeneralization hypothesis ([ 29 ], Box 2) can account for rapid and efficient, but not necessarily accurate, trait judgments from faces (Box 1), a pattern that would otherwise seem puzzling from an evolutionary point of view.”
Examining the effects of robots' physical appearance, warmth, and competence in frontline services: The Humanness‐Value‐Loyalty model (2021, background): “Psychology literature shows that anomalous or imperfect faces and bodies lead to negative social perceptions such as disgust and avoidance, usually based on stereotypes (Park et al., 2003; Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2008).”
Elected in 100 milliseconds: Appearance-Based Trait Inferences and Voting (2010, background): “facial features, such as maturity and various emotional expressions (Montepare and Dobish 2003; Oosterhof and Todorov 2008; Todorov et al. 2008; Zebrowitz et al. 2003; Zebrowitz and Montepare 2008).”
The Many Faces of Leadership (2015, background): “A baby-faced leader may be perceived as less competent yet warmer and more trustworthy, and this could be an important asset for leaders who are out-group members (cf. Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2008).”
EvaluaTiNg faCES ON TruSTwOrThiNESS afTEr miNimal TimE ExpOSurE (2009, background): “An alternative possibility—allowing for efficient but inaccurate trait judgments—is that these judgments are constructed from facial cues that have adaptive significance (Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2006, 2008).”
First Impressions From Faces Among U.S. and Culturally Isolated Tsimane’ People in the Bolivian Rainforest (2012, background): “…low fitness, babies, or emotion are perceived in normal adults with neutral expressions when their facial structure resembles the unfit, babies, or a particular emotion (Zebrowitz, Fellous, Mignault, & Andreoletti, 2003; Zebrowitz, Kikuchi, & Fellous, 2010; Zebrowitz & Montepare, 2008).”
The functional basis of face evaluation (2008, background): “The overgeneralization hypothesis (36) can account for rapid, efficient trait judgments from faces that do not necessarily deliver veridical inferences, a pattern that appears puzzling from an evolutionary point of view.”