Hope D A, Mindell J A
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0308.
Behav Res Ther. 1994 May;32(4):463-9. doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(94)90011-6.
Calvert reviewed the literature on social skills and physical attractiveness and concluded that many ratings of social skill may be confounded by the physical attractiveness of the target individual, possibly due to a general perception that physical attractiveness and social competence are positively correlated. In order to examine the influence of physical attractiveness on social skill ratings, Ss made global ratings of social skill and attractiveness for a confederate whose appearance and behavior had been altered to appear attractive or unattractive and socially skilled or unskilled in an assertiveness and heterosocial vignette. The results indicated that the same skilled behavior was viewed as more competent when performed by an attractive person compared to an unattractive person. Attractiveness had no influence on ratings of generally incompetent behavior. Thus, it appears that physical attractiveness does not compensate for poor interpersonal skills, but a skilled, attractive individual may be judged to have particularly good skills. Implications for the assessment of social skills are discussed.
卡尔弗特回顾了关于社交技能和外貌吸引力的文献，并得出结论：许多社交技能评分可能会受到目标个体外貌吸引力的混淆，这可能是由于人们普遍认为外貌吸引力与社交能力呈正相关。为了研究外貌吸引力对社交技能评分的影响，研究对象对一名同谋者的社交技能和吸引力进行整体评分，该同谋者的外貌和行为已被改变，在一个自信和异性社交的场景中表现得有吸引力或没有吸引力、社交技能娴熟或不娴熟。结果表明，与没有吸引力的人相比，同样的熟练行为由有吸引力的人表现出来时，会被认为更有能力。吸引力对普遍不熟练行为的评分没有影响。因此，外貌吸引力似乎无法弥补人际交往能力的不足，但一个熟练且有吸引力的个体可能会被认为具有特别好的技能。文中还讨论了对社交技能评估的启示。
