AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PERSONALITY JUDGEMENT
EFFECT OF WEARING GIASSES
1978 Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 121-127
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1978 Volume 17 Issue 2 Pages 121-127
To examine the effects of several factors upon judgement of personality, 8 stimulus persons, presented through video-tape, were rated on 25 scales by 36 subjects.
The analysis of variance was performed on data for each scale separately, and the following results were obtained:
1. In Japan as well as in the United States and Germany, the effect of wearing glasses upon judgement of intelligence was confirmed. The stimulus persons were judged more intelligent when they wore glasses than when they did not.
2. Argyle's notion that the effect of wearing glasses upon judgement of intelligence is limited to situations in which only insufficient information is available about the stimulus person was not supported, because no significant interaction was found between the glasses (present vs. absent) and exposure (still for 15 sec. vs. 1ive for 3 min.) variables.
3. Statistically significant effects of the glasses variable were found in 13 scales for a variety of personality traits including intelligence.
4. Sex of stimulus persons had little influence upon judgment of personality under thepresent exper imental situation.
