University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Evol Psychol. 2023 Jul-Sep;21(3):14747049231186119. doi: 10.1177/14747049231186119.
Although decades of research have identified facial features relating to people's evaluations of faces, specific features have largely been examined in isolation from each other. Recent work shows that considering the relative importance of these features in face evaluations is important to test theoretical assumptions of impression formation. Here, we examined how two facial features of evolutionary interest, facial attractiveness and facial-width-to-height ratio (FWHR), relate to evaluations of faces across two cultures. Because face evaluations are typically directly measured via self-reports, we also examined whether these features exert differential effects on both direct and indirect face evaluations. Evaluations of standardized photos naturally varying in facial attractiveness and FWHR were collected using the Affect Misattribution Procedure in the United States and Turkey. When their relative contributions were considered in the same model, facial attractiveness, but not FWHR, related to face evaluations across cultures. This positive attractiveness effect was stronger for direct versus indirect evaluations across cultures. These findings highlight the importance of considering the relative contributions of facial features to evaluations across cultures and suggest a culturally invariant role of attractiveness when intentionally evaluating faces.
尽管几十年来的研究已经确定了与人们对面部评价相关的面部特征，但这些特定的特征在很大程度上彼此孤立地进行了研究。最近的研究表明，考虑这些特征在面部评价中的相对重要性对于检验印象形成的理论假设很重要。在这里，我们研究了两种具有进化意义的面部特征，面部吸引力和面部宽高比（FWHR），如何与来自两个文化的面部评价相关。由于面部评价通常是通过自我报告直接测量的，我们还研究了这些特征是否对面部的直接和间接评价产生不同的影响。使用美国和土耳其的情感归因程序，对自然变化的面部吸引力和 FWHR 的标准化照片进行了评价。当在同一个模型中考虑它们的相对贡献时，面部吸引力，但不是 FWHR，与跨文化的面部评价相关。这种积极的吸引力效应在跨文化的直接评价与间接评价之间更强。这些发现强调了在跨文化的评价中考虑面部特征的相对贡献的重要性，并表明吸引力在有意评价面部时具有文化上不变的作用。
