We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Is the Face a Window to the Soul? Investigation of the Accuracy of Intuitive Judgments of the Trustworthiness of Human Faces.
- Authors
Porter, Stephen; England, Laura; Juodis, Marcus; Ten Brinke, Leanne; Wilson, Kevin
- Abstract
Although trustworthiness judgments based on a stranger's face occur rapidly (Willis & Todorov, 2006), their accuracy is unknown. We examined the accuracy of trustworthiness judgments of the faces of 2 groups differing in trustworthiness (Nobel Peace Prize recipients/humanitarians vs. America's Most Wanted criminals). Participants viewed 34 faces each for 100 ms or 30 s and rated their trustworthiness. Subsequently, participants were informed about the nature of the 2 groups and estimated group membership for each face. Judgments formed with extremely brief exposure were similar in accuracy and confidence to those formed after a long exposure. However, initial judgments of untrustworthy (criminals') faces were less accurate (M = 48.8%) than were those of trustworthy faces (M = 62.7%). Judgment accuracy was above chance for trustworthy targets only at Time 1 and slightly above chance for both target types at Time 2. Participants relied on perceived kindness and aggressiveness to inform their rapidly formed intuitive decisions. Thus, intuition plays a minor facilitative role in reading faces.
- Subjects
RELIABILITY (Personality trait); JUDGMENT (Psychology); SOCIAL groups; CRIMINALS; FACE perception; KINDNESS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 2008, Vol 40, Issue 3, p171
- ISSN
0008-400X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/0008-400X.40.3.171