Children use targets’ facial appearance to guide and predict social behavior.

Tessa E. S. Charlesworth; Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson; Emily J. Cogsdill; Elizabeth S. Spelke; Mahzarin R. Banaji

doi:10.1037/dev0000734

Children use targets’ facial appearance to guide and predict social behavior.

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/dev0000734 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 55 (7) ◽

pp. 1400-1413 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Tessa E. S. Charlesworth ◽

Sa-kiera T. J. Hudson ◽

Emily J. Cogsdill ◽

Elizabeth S. Spelke ◽

Mahzarin R. Banaji

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Facial Appearance

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Social Interaction Patterns of Children and Adolescents with and without Oral Clefts during a Videotaped Analogue Social Encounter

The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal ◽

10.1597/02-084 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 175-184 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Keith J. Slifer ◽

Adrianna Amari ◽

Tanya Diver ◽

Lisa Hilley ◽

Melissa Beck ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Social Behavior ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Parent Report ◽

Facial Appearance ◽

Interaction Patterns ◽

Self Perception ◽

Oral Clefts ◽

Social Encounter ◽

The Social

Objective To examine the social interaction patterns of children with and without oral clefts. Design Participants were videotaped while interacting with a peer confederate. Oral cleft and control groups were compared on social behavior and several self- and parent-report measures. Participants Thirty-four 8- to 15-year-olds with oral clefts, matched for sex, age, and socioeconomic status with 34 noncleft controls. Main Outcome Measures Data were obtained on social behaviors coded from videotapes and on child and parent ratings of social acceptance/competence and facial appearance. Results Statistically significant differences were found between groups: children with clefts made fewer choices and more often failed to respond to peer questions; children with clefts and their parents reported greater dissatisfaction with the child's facial appearance; and parents of children with clefts rated them as less socially competent. Significant within-group associations were also found. Parent perception of child social competence and child self-perception of social acceptance were positively correlated for both groups. Children with clefts who felt more socially accepted more often looked a peer in the face. Controls who felt more socially accepted chose an activity less often during the social encounter. Conclusions Differing patterns of overt social behavior as well as parent and self-perception can be measured between children with and without oral clefts. Such results may be helpful in developing interventions to enhance social skills and parent/child adjustment.

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Supplemental Material for Children Use Targets’ Facial Appearance to Guide and Predict Social Behavior

Developmental Psychology ◽

10.1037/dev0000734.supp ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Facial Appearance

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The Gender Typicality of Faces and Its Impact on Visual Processing and on Hiring Decisions

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000217 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 60 (6) ◽

pp. 444-452 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lisa von Stockhausen ◽

Sara Koeser ◽

Sabine Sczesny

Keyword(s):

Visual Processing ◽

Past Research ◽

Visual Exploration ◽

Facial Appearance ◽

Leadership Roles ◽

Hiring Decisions ◽

Leadership Selection ◽

Gender Typicality ◽

Second Stage ◽

The Feminine

Past research has shown that the gender typicality of applicants’ faces affects leadership selection irrespective of a candidate’s gender: A masculine facial appearance is congruent with masculine-typed leadership roles, thus masculine-looking applicants are hired more certainly than feminine-looking ones. In the present study, we extended this line of research by investigating hiring decisions for both masculine- and feminine-typed professional roles. Furthermore, we used eye tracking to examine the visual exploration of applicants’ portraits. Our results indicate that masculine-looking applicants were favored for the masculine-typed role (leader) and feminine-looking applicants for the feminine-typed role (team member). Eye movement patterns showed that information about gender category and facial appearance was integrated during first fixations of the portraits. Hiring decisions, however, were not based on this initial analysis, but occurred at a second stage, when the portrait was viewed in the context of considering the applicant for a specific job.

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