Accuracy and consensus in judgments of trustworthiness from faces
Behavioral and neural correlates
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206093 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicholas O Rule (0000-0002-2332-9058, University of Toronto), Anne C Krendl (0000-0003-0135-5308, Indiana University Bloomington), Zorana Ivcevic (0000-0002-0321-2071, Yale University), Nalini Ambady (Stanford University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 409-426 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0031050 |
| PMID | 23276271 |
| OpenAlex | W2117464007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 59 |
| References cited | 40 |
Perceivers' inferences about individuals based on their faces often show high interrater consensus and can even accurately predict behavior in some domains. Here we investigated the consensus and accuracy of judgments of trustworthiness. In Study 1, we showed that the type of photo judged makes a significant difference for whether an individual is judged as trustworthy. In Study 2, we found that inferences of trustworthiness made from the faces of corporate criminals did not differ from inferences made from the faces of noncriminal executives. In Study 3, we found that judgments of trustworthiness did not differ between the faces of military criminals and the faces of military heroes. In Study 4, we tempted undergraduates to cheat on a test. Although we found that judgments of intelligence from the students' faces were related to students' scores on the test and that judgments of students' extraversion were correlated with self-reported extraversion, there was no relationship between judgments of trustworthiness from the students' faces and students' cheating behavior. Finally, in Study 5, we examined the neural correlates of the accuracy of judgments of trustworthiness from faces. Replicating previous research, we found that perceptions of trustworthiness from the faces in Study 4 corresponded to participants' amygdala response. However, we found no relationship between the amygdala response and the targets' actual cheating behavior. These data suggest that judgments of trustworthiness may not be accurate but, rather, reflect subjective impressions for which people show high agreement
Big Five personality traits · Cheating · Cognitive psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Impression formation · Perception · Personality · Social perception · Test (biology) · Trustworthiness · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |