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Male and female subjects provided ratings of personality traits for students pictured in a large set of facial photographs. Each photograph was rated on each of eight traits. Trait ratings were also provided for subjects’ impressions of “typical” male and female college students. Male and female subjects did not differ in their ratings of photographs or of typical students. Sex of the picture (and of the typical student) did reliably influence the ratings for several traits. Certain groups of traits appeared to form intercorrelated clusters, suggesting the operation of a halo effect.
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This research was supported in part by Research Career Award l-K6-MH-22,023 from the National Institute of Mental Health to the third author, and by Grant DAHC19-74-G-0008 from the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral Sciences. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Army.
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Conover, J.N., Seymour, G.E., Marx, M.H. et al. Stereotyped personality trait ratings of concrete and “typical” stimulus persons. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 12, 400–402 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329720
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329720