Appearing smart, confident and motivated
A Lens Model Approach to Judgment Accuracy in an Educational Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6452336 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline V Bhowmik (0000-0003-3754-4135, University of Koblenz and Landau, corresponding author), Mitja D Back (0000-0003-2186-1558, University of Münster), Steffen Nestler (0000-0001-9724-2441, University of Münster), Friedrich-Wilhelm Schrader (University of Koblenz and Landau) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1573-1928 • E-ISSN: 1381-2890 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11218-025-10057-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4410043438 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
Which behavioral and visual information do teachers rely on when judging relevant characteristics of their students and which cues should they rely on? Drawing on Brunswik’s Lens Model (Perception and the representative design of psychological experiments, University of California Press, 1956. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520350519 ), we investigated the role of students’ expression of nonverbal behavioral cues (e.g., friendly facial expression) and physical appearance (e.g., wearing eyeglasses) and how this information is utilized during the judgment process by pre-service teachers and psychology students ( N = 102). Perceivers provided ratings of students’ ( N = 45) academic self-concept, intelligence and motivation in brief nonverbal video clips showing one student each in a physics classroom. Numerous behavioral and physical cues (in total 165) were extracted from the stimulus material by two independent raters. Perceivers achieved highest accuracy for students’ motivation, whereas intelligence was judged with the lowest accuracy. Lens model parameter analysis indicated that perceivers strongly relied on students’ sex, an attentive and self-assured facial expression, and whether or not a student was wearing eyeglasses in their judgments. Cues that were actually related to students’ characteristics, on the other hand, involved students’ sex, a masculine and distinctive appearance, and a tensed as well as friendly facial expression. An overall favorable judgment for boys points into the direction of a gender bias. Implications for our understanding of teacher judgment processes and outcomes are discussed
Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Lens (geology · Pedagogy · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Through-the-lens metering · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Engineering · Philosophy · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Determinants of linear judgment
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |