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Database: PsycINFO
[ Journal Article ]
The effects of glasses and weight on perceptions of attractiveness and intelligence.
Lundberg, Julia K.; Sheehan, Eugene P.
Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, Vol 9(4), Dec 1994, 753-760.

Abstract

  1. Examined the effects of glasses and weight on 140 female undergraduates' ratings of attractiveness and intelligence. Ss rated a head-and-shoulders picture on a 37-item semantic differential scale. This investigation used 1 stimulus person: Weight was manipulated using a computer program that altered the picture of the stimulus person. Results indicate that glasses and increased weight decrease perceived attractiveness; the individual without glasses was perceived as more attractive than the same individual wearing glasses, and the normal-weight individual was perceived as more attractive than the same individual looking overweight. Ratings of intelligence were not affected by glasses and/or weight. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)