First Impressions From Faces Among U.S. and Culturally Isolated Tsimane’ People in the Bolivian Rainforest

Bibliographic Data

ID7842843
AuthorsLeslie A Zebrowitz (0000-0001-9183-8914, Brandeis University, corresponding author), Ruoxue Wang (0009-0005-0312-4396, Brandeis University), P Matthew Bronstad (0000-0002-3116-9322, Brandeis University), Dan T A Eisenberg (0000-0003-0812-1862, Northwestern University), Dan Eisenberg (0000-0001-5597-7925, Northwestern University), Eduardo A Undurraga (0000-0002-4425-1253, Brandeis University), Eduardo Undurraga (Florence Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), Reyes‐garcía (0000-0002-2914-8055, Florence Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), Victoria Reyes-García (Florence Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA), Ricardo Godoy (0000-0001-7417-7843, Florence Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA)
Year2012
Volume43
Issue1
Pages119-134
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022022111411386
OpenAlexW2166825286
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited43

The authors examined the generalizability of first impressions from faces previously documented in industrialized cultures to the Tsimane’ people in the remote Bolivian rainforest. Tsimane’ as well as U.S. judges showed within-culture agreement in impressions of attractiveness, babyfaceness, and traits (healthy, intelligent/knowledgeable, dominant/respected, and sociable/warm) of own-culture faces. Both groups also showed within-culture agreement for impressions of other-culture faces, although it was weaker than for own-culture faces, particularly among Tsimane’ judges. Moreover, there was between-culture agreement, particularly for Tsimane’ faces. Use of facial attractiveness to judge traits contributed to agreement within and between cultures but did not fully explain it. Furthermore, Tsimane’, like U.S., judges showed a strong attractiveness halo in impressions of faces from both cultures as well as the babyface stereotype, albeit more weakly. In addition to cross-cultural similarities in trait impressions from faces, supporting a universal mechanism, some effects were moderated by perceiver and face culture, consistent with perceiver attunements conditioned by culturally specific perceptual learning

Attractiveness · Casual · Collectivism · Developmental psychology · Generalizability theory · Perception · Physical attractiveness · Rainforest · Stereotype (UML · Trait · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Ecology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology

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