Ruben Mollie A, Hill Krista M, Hall Judith A
a Department of Psychology , Northeastern University , Boston , MA , USA.
Cogn Emot. 2014;28(8):1512-21. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2014.890093. Epub 2014 Feb 25.
This research examines how women's sexual orientation guides the accuracy of judgements of other women. One hundred ten judges (67 straight and 43 lesbian women) watched videotapes of 9 targets (4 straight and 5 lesbian) and made judgements about the targets' thoughts, emotions, personality, and sexual orientation. Accuracy scores were created for each judge by comparing judgements to criterion data gathered about targets. Straight judges were significantly more accurate at judging thoughts and marginally more accurate at judging emotions compared to lesbian judges. There were no significant differences in judging personality. Straight targets' thoughts and personality were more easily assessed than lesbian targets' while lesbians' emotions were more easily judged than straight targets'. Lesbian judges were more accurate at judging sexual orientation regardless of their tendency to categorize women as lesbian compared to straight judges. Findings support past research on the accurate perception of sexual orientation and contribute to understanding how sexual orientation guides person perception.
本研究考察了女性的性取向如何影响对其他女性判断的准确性。110名评判者（67名异性恋女性和43名女同性恋者）观看了9名目标对象（4名异性恋者和5名女同性恋者）的录像带，并对目标对象的想法、情绪、个性和性取向做出判断。通过将评判与收集到的关于目标对象的标准数据进行比较，为每位评判者创建了准确性得分。与女同性恋评判者相比，异性恋评判者在判断想法方面明显更准确，在判断情绪方面略更准确。在判断个性方面没有显著差异。异性恋目标对象的想法和个性比女同性恋目标对象更容易评估，而女同性恋者的情绪比异性恋目标对象更容易判断。与异性恋评判者相比，女同性恋评判者在判断性取向方面更准确，无论她们将女性归类为女同性恋的倾向如何。研究结果支持了过去关于性取向准确认知的研究，并有助于理解性取向如何引导对人的认知。
