Re Daniel E, Perrett David I
a School of Psychology , University of St Andrews , St Andrews , Fife , UK.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2014;67(4):676-86. doi: 10.1080/17470218.2013.825635. Epub 2013 Aug 25.
Facial attractiveness has a positive influence on electoral success both in experimental paradigms and in the real world. One parameter that influences facial attractiveness and social judgements is facial adiposity (a facial correlate to body mass index, BMI). Overweight people have high facial adiposity and are perceived to be less attractive and lower in leadership ability. Here, we used an interactive design in order to assess whether the most attractive level of facial adiposity is also perceived as most leader-like. We found that participants reduced facial adiposity more to maximize attractiveness than to maximize perceived leadership ability. These results indicate that facial appearance impacts leadership judgements beyond the effects of attractiveness. We suggest that the disparity between optimal facial adiposity in attractiveness and leadership judgements stems from social trends that have produced thin ideals for attractiveness, while leadership judgements are associated with perception of physical dominance.
在实验范式和现实世界中，面部吸引力对选举成功都有积极影响。影响面部吸引力和社会判断的一个参数是面部肥胖程度（与身体质量指数BMI相关的面部特征）。超重的人面部肥胖程度较高，被认为吸引力较低且领导能力较差。在此，我们采用了一种交互式设计，以评估面部肥胖程度最具吸引力的水平是否也被视为最具领导风范。我们发现，参与者为了最大化吸引力而对面部肥胖程度的降低幅度，大于为了最大化被感知的领导能力而做出的降低幅度。这些结果表明，面部外观对面部吸引力的影响之外，还会影响领导力判断。我们认为，在吸引力和领导力判断中，最佳面部肥胖程度之间的差异源于社会趋势，这些趋势产生了以瘦为美的观念，而领导力判断则与对身体优势的认知相关。
