Invisible Men: Evolutionary Theory and Attractiveness and Personality Evaluations of 10 African American Male Facial Shapes

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AUTOR(ES) M. Cooper , T. Joel Wade , Kara Abad Dyckman
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) The University of Rhode Island, Bucknell University
ANO 2004
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Journal of Black Psychology
ISSN 0095-7984
E-ISSN 1552-4558
EDITORA Annual Reviews (United States)
DOI 10.1177/0095798403260726
CITAÇÕES 3
ADICIONADO EM Não informado

Resumo

The entire gamut of facial shapes has not been included in prior research investigating the perception of African American men's facial attractiveness. The 10 facial shapes identified for African American men (elliptic, oval, reversed oval, round, rectangular, quadratic, rhombic, trapezium, inverted trapezium, and pentagonal) were examined in this research. Based on evolutionary theory and prior research, the reversed oval, rectangular, trapezium, and inverted trapezium faces were hypothesized to be rated as most attractive, most dominant, most mature, most masculine, strongest, and most socially competent. Smaller, round, or oval faces were hypothesized to be perceived as warmest. The results obtained were consistent with these hypotheses. These findings are discussed in terms of evolutionary psychological adaptations and prior research.

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