Cross-Cultural Agreement in Perceptions of Babyfaced Adults

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ID2313675
AutoresLeslie Zebrowitz Mcarthur (Brandeis University), Leslie A Zebrowitz (0000-0001-9183-8914, Brandeis University, autor correspondente), Diane S Berry (Southern Methodist University)
Ano1987
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas165-192
Data de publicação1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002187018002003
OpenAlexW2130031610
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas15

Two studies investigated Korean college students' perceptions of babyfaced adults. The first study replicated McArthur and Apatow's (1983-1984) investigation of U.S. students' impressions of schematic adult male and female faces. The second study replicated Berry and McArthur's (1985) investigation of U.S. students' impressions of 20 young adult Caucasian male faces. The studies revealed near perfect agreement between U.S. and Korean subjects regarding the relative babyfacedness of the stimulus persons as well as very strong agreement regarding their traits. The same facial characteristics that were correlated with U.S. subjects' ratings of babyfacedness were also correlated with Koreans' ratings. In addition, like U.S. subjects, Koreans perceived babyfaced stimulus persons to possess more childlike psychological attributes than their mature-faced counterparts. The results are discussed within a theoretical framework that argues that perceptions of babyfaced adults derive from the specieswide adaptive value of analogous reactions to real babies

Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Perception · Stimulus (psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology