Economic status cues from clothes affect perceived competence from faces

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
DongWon Oh ◽  
Eldar Shafir ◽  
Alexander Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Real World ◽  
Person Perception ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Upper Body ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Status Cues ◽  
Ceo Selection

Impressions of competence from faces predict important real-world outcomes, including electoral success and CEO selection. Presumed competence is associated with social status. Here, we show that subtle economic status cues in clothes affect perceived competence from faces. In nine studies, people rated the competence of faces presented in frontal headshots. Faces were shown with different upper-body clothing rated by independent judges as looking “richer” or “poorer”, although not notably perceived as such when explicitly described. The same face when seen with “richer” clothes was judged significantly more competent than with “poorer” clothes. The effect persists even when perceivers are exposed to the stimuli briefly (129 ms), warned that clothing cues are non-informative, and instructed to ignore the clothes (in one study, with considerable incentives). These findings demonstrate the uncontrollable effect of economic status cues on person perception. They add yet another hurdle to the challenges faced by low-status individuals.

Economic status cues from clothes affect perceived competence from faces

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
DongWon Oh ◽  
Eldar Shafir ◽  
Alexander Todorov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Status Cues

The Effects of Status on Perceived Warmth and Competence

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Brambilla ◽  
Simona Sacchi ◽  
Federica Castellini ◽  
Paola Riva
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Group Status ◽  
The Relationship

Research has shown that perceived group status positively predicts competence stereotypes but does not positively predict warmth stereotypes. The present study identified circumstances in which group status positively predicts both warmth and competence judgments. Students (N = 86) rated one of two groups (psychologists vs. engineers) presented as either being low or high in social status on warmth and competence. Results showed that status positively predicted competence stereotypes for both groups, but warmth stereotypes only for psychologists, for whom warmth traits are perceived to be functional in goal achievement. Moreover, for psychologists perceived warmth mediated the relationship between status and perceived competence. Results are discussed in terms of the contextual malleability of the relationship between perceived status, warmth, and competence.

Socio-Economic Status of Dalits Community in Sindhuli District

Patan Pragya ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-161
Author(s):  
Bed Prasad Neupane
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Social Awareness ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Traditional Occupation

This study is based on Kamalamai Municipality, Sindhuli District. There are 56 households of Dalit (Damai 29 and Kami 27) in this area. The census method was used in the study where, total population is 365 from 56 households. Among them, 172 were male and 193 were female. The general objectives of this study are to identify demographic and socio-economic status of Dalits and to find out causes of deprivation of Dalits people in the community. They worked as agricultural labour and service work. Their income is less than their expenditure. Most of them are uneducated but nowadays, the level of education has increased so that their children go to school and college. Only 39 percent were literate and only 7 percent Dalits have passed SLC and +2. They give priority on arrange marriage. Youth generation doesn't like the traditional occupation and skills. They use a lot of alcohol (Jaad and Raski) in the festivals and rituals ceremony however the economic condition of Dalit is poor so many children of them are forced to dropout from schools because their parents cannot afford their education fees. The social status of the females in the Dalit community is very low than the males in the society. After the father's death all the properties is transferred to the son. The main causes for degrading status of Dalits are due to poverty, lack of education and lack of social awareness. So far, there have not been any kinds of policies and plans to uplift the Dalit community in this area.

scholarly journals Healthy dietary habits in relation to social determinants and lifestyle factors

1999 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Johansson ◽  
Dag S. Thelle ◽  
Kari Solvoll ◽  
Gunn-Elin Aa. Bjørneboe ◽  
Christian A. Drevon
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Healthy Diet ◽  
Dietary Survey ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Socio Economic Status

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the importance of social status and lifestyle for dietary habits, since these factors may influence life expectancy. We studied the association of four indicators for healthy dietary habits (fruits and vegetables, fibre, fat and Hegsted score) with sex, age, socio-economic status, education, physical leisure exercise, smoking and personal attention paid to keeping a healthy diet. Data were gathered with a self-administered quantitative food-frequency questionnaire distributed to a representative sample of Norwegian men and women aged 16–79 years in a national dietary survey, of whom 3144 subjects (63%) responded. Age and female sex were positively associated with indicators for healthy dietary habits. By separate evaluation length of education, regular physical leisure exercise and degree of attention paid to keeping a healthy diet were positively associated with all four indicators for healthy dietary habits in both sexes. Socio-economic status, location of residence and smoking habits were associated with from one to three indicators for healthy dietary habits. In a multiple regression model, age, education and location of residence together explained from 1 to 9% of the variation (R2) in the four dietary indicators. Length of education was significantly associated with three of four dietary indicators both among men and women. By including the variable ‘attention paid to keeping a healthy diet’ in the model, R2 increased to between 4 and 15% for the four dietary indicators. Length of education remained correlated to three dietary indicators among women, and one indicator among men, after adjusting for attention to healthy diet, age and location of residence. Residence in cities remained correlated to two indicators among men, but none among women, after adjusting for age, education and attention to healthy diet. In conclusion, education was associated with indicators of a healthy diet. Attention to healthy diet showed the strongest and most consistent association with all four indicators for healthy dietary habits in both sexes. This suggests that personal preferences may be just as important for having a healthy diet as social status determinants.

Participation Patterns and Impression Formation in Three Communications Media

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 762-766
Author(s):  
Jana M. Price ◽  
R. James Holzworth
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Impression Formation ◽  
Medium Effect ◽  
Communication Behaviors ◽  
Communications Media ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Media Type ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Status Cues ◽  
Computer Mediated Communications

As the use of computer-mediated communications (CMC) in organizations continues to grow, questions arise about how communication behaviors are affected by media type. Several studies have noted that participation is more balanced in CMC than in face-to-face settings. This equalization phenomenon is said to occur due to a reduction in social status cues (e.g. style of dress) in the CMC environment. In the present study, 130 mock employment interviews in three communications media (CMC, telephone, and face-to-face) were compared. Participation levels of speakers were observed, as well as the impressions formed by interviewers of applicants. A significant communications medium effect for the percentage of words used by the interviewer provided support for the equalization phenomenon. No significant results were detected for impression formation in the three media.

scholarly journals A Multi-Modal Person Perception Framework for Socially Interactive Mobile Service Robots

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Müller ◽  
Tim Wengefeld ◽  
Thanh Quang Trinh ◽  
Dustin Aganian ◽  
Markus Eisenbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Person Perception ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Service Robot ◽  
Mobile Service ◽  
Cluttered Environments ◽  
Detection Systems ◽  
Active Research ◽  
Identification Of Persons

In order to meet the increasing demands of mobile service robot applications, a dedicated perception module is an essential requirement for the interaction with users in real-world scenarios. In particular, multi sensor fusion and human re-identification are recognized as active research fronts. Through this paper we contribute to the topic and present a modular detection and tracking system that models position and additional properties of persons in the surroundings of a mobile robot. The proposed system introduces a probability-based data association method that besides the position can incorporate face and color-based appearance features in order to realize a re-identification of persons when tracking gets interrupted. The system combines the results of various state-of-the-art image-based detection systems for person recognition, person identification and attribute estimation. This allows a stable estimate of a mobile robot’s user, even in complex, cluttered environments with long-lasting occlusions. In our benchmark, we introduce a new measure for tracking consistency and show the improvements when face and appearance-based re-identification are combined. The tracking system was applied in a real world application with a mobile rehabilitation assistant robot in a public hospital. The estimated states of persons are used for the user-centered navigation behaviors, e.g., guiding or approaching a person, but also for realizing a socially acceptable navigation in public environments.

Socio-Economic Status in Relation to Risk Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Disease, in Healthy Individuals from the ATTICA Study

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos ◽  
Christos Pitsavos ◽  
Yannis Manios ◽  
Evangelos Polychronopoulos ◽  
Christina A. Chrysohoou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Cell Counts

Background Social status has been related with the prevalence and incidence of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between socio-economic status (SES) and clinical and biochemical factors related to coronary heart disease, in a sample of cardiovascular disease-free men and women. Design Cross-sectional survey. Methods During 2001-2002, 1514 men (20-87 years old) and 1528 women (20-89 years old) from the Attica region (Greece) were randomly enrolled into the study. Trends in established and emerging cardiovascular risk factors were examined across the participants' socio-economic status. A special index was developed (years of school by annual income) and three socio-economic classes were created. Results An inverse relationship was found regarding all lipids and glucose levels across the tertiles of the SES index. An inverse association was observed between body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio and SES in men, but not in women. Furthermore, compared to the lowest tertile, individuals who were classified in the highest SES tertile had lower levels of C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, homocysteine, tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6 levels and white blood cell counts, even after adjusting for various potential confounders. Finally, a considerable proportion of men and women reported lack of health knowledge and education. Conclusions An inverse association between SES and factors related to cardiovascular risk exists, but the causal pathway itself requires more detailed explanation before the social status can have explanatory power.

The Perceived Effect of a Witness Security Program on Willingness to Testify

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Mustafa Demir
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Education Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
Sociodemographic Variables ◽  
Employment Education ◽  
The Impact

To encourage witnesses to testify, witness security programs have been established to protect people who testify against offenders. Research on the impact of witness protection programs on the willingness of people to testify, however, is scarce. To fill the gap, this research was conducted in Turkey to investigate the perceived effect of a witness security program on witnesses’ willingness to testify while controlling for sociodemographic variables, including gender, marital status, age, employment, education level, economic status, and social status. The study used a self-administered survey of 732 individuals who were either a victim of a crime or a witness to a crime. The findings from the multivariate analysis showed that gender, social status, and employed had an impact on willingness to testify. Specifically, the findings showed that being male, having middle- or upper-class social status, and being unemployed increased the likelihood of willingness to testify. The other variables were not statistically significant predictors of willingness to testify. These findings suggest that a witness security program is an essential tool for increasing people’s willingness of testify and ensure an effective investigation, prosecution, and adjudication.

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