The effect of wearing glasses upon judgements of intelligence, personality traits and physical attractiveness

• Main Author: Tomić, Paulina
• Format: Thesis
• Language: Croatian
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Socijalna psihologija; sami
• Online Access: http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/506/; http://darhiv.ffzg.unizg.hr/id/eprint/506/1/TomicPaulina.pdf

The role of eyeglasses in impression formation was examined, as well as the difference in judgements between subjects who themselves have sight problems and those who have not. Additionally, we examined the difference in judgements between subjects that say they do not use the eyeglasses stereotype in social perception and those who say they do. Female students of psychology (N = 160) judged 4 young women photographed with and without glasses for 10 traits: intelligent, industrious, critical, dependable, honest, sociable, amusing, kind, conventional and physically attractive. The target persons when wearing glasses usually tended to be rated more intelligent, industrious, critical, dependable, honest and conventional, and less sociable, amusing and kind. Glasses had no statistically significant effect upon judgement of physical attractiveness. Also, no differences were found between subjects who themselves had sight problems and those who had not, as well as there were no differences between subjects who did and who did not perceive themselves as influenced by the eyeglasses stereotype in social perception. Ispitana je uloga nošenja naočala u stvaranju dojmova, kao i razlika u procjenama sudionika koji i sami imaju probleme vida i onih koji ih nemaju. Uz to, ispitana je razlika u procjenama sudionika koji kažu da ne koriste stereotip o osobama s naočalama u socijalnoj percepciji i onih koji kažu da to čine. Studentice psihologije (N = 160) procjenjivale su 4 djevojke fotografirane sa i bez naočala na 10 osobina: inteligentna, marljiva, kritična, pouzdana, poštena, društvena, zabavna, srdačna, konvencionalna i fizički privlačna. Ciljne osobe u situaciji s naočalama obično su procjenjivane kao inteligentnije, marljivije, kritičnije, pouzdanije, poštenije i konvencionalnije, te manje društvene, zabavne i srdačne. Naočale nisu imale statistički značajan efekt na procjenu fizičke privlačnosti. Također, nisu pronađene razlike između sudionika koji i sami imaju probleme vida i onih koji ih nemaju, kao što nisu pronađene ni razlike između sudionika koji smatraju i onih koji ne smatraju da su pod utjecajem stereotipa o osobama s naočalama u socijalnoj percepciji.