PSC 152 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fortune 500, Will Horton And Sonny Kiriakis, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Took 3 random 10 second silent clips of each instructor. Ps (who didn"t know instructors) rated instructors on traits such as competent, likeable, & accepting. Correlated ratings w/ actual students" end-of-term ratings of instructors on same traits. High correlation between ppl who didn"t know instructor & ppl who. Rate neutral-expression faces on traits trustworthy, likeable, competent, & had whole class w/ instructor aggressive. Faces flashed for 1000 ms, 500ms, or 100ms. Correlated ratings w / ratings of observers who had unlimited viewing time. Rs > 0. 50 (for all traits & all exposure times) Correlation was always above 0. 50 for all the various traits & exposure times. Correlations didn"t increase w/ longer exposure time. Faces of congressional candidates flashed for 1 sec. Results - candidate judged as more competent won 70% of elections. The bigger the difference in judged competence, the bigger the margin of victory. Rate faces of male fortune 100 ceos. People that looked more confident made more money.
