Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences
The present study aims to replicate and extend Rule & Ambady (2010)’s findings that Republicans and Democrats could be differentiated by face. In Experiment 1, undergraduates categorized 50 gray-scale full-face photos of candidates of the two major political parties in Taiwan, the Kuomingtang (K...
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doaj-097541d2970340a8bfc429f522bd65ec2020-11-24T22:42:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-01-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.01931154768Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferencesShun-Fu eHu0Chien-Kai eChang1Yu-Chen eChen2Sarina Hui-Lin eChien3China Medical UniversityChina Medical UniversityChina Medical UniversityChina Medical UniversityThe present study aims to replicate and extend Rule & Ambady (2010)’s findings that Republicans and Democrats could be differentiated by face. In Experiment 1, undergraduates categorized 50 gray-scale full-face photos of candidates of the two major political parties in Taiwan, the Kuomingtang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Using identical stimuli and procedure, Experiment 2 tested 25- to 57-year-olds. Experiment 3 tested undergraduates with cropped photos, Experiment 4, with photos devoid of the mouth and chin area. At the end of each Experiment, we interviewed the participants about the strategies used. Results showed that undergraduates could categorize KMT and DPP with accuracies significantly higher than chance in full-face photos (Exp.1), M = .524, p = .045, cropped photos (Exp.3), M = .534, p = .016, and photos devoid of the mouth-and-chin area (Exp.4), M = .530, p = .048. Adults aged between 25 and 57 could also categorize full-face photos (Exp.2), M = .557, p < .001. Analysis on strategy use revealed that the better-than-chance performance may be a unique contribution of those who reported making face-to-trait inferences. In sum, we replicated Rule and Ambady’s (2010) results in East Asian and found that face-to-trait inferences may be essential.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01931/fullface perceptionPolitical membershipface-to-trait inferencespontaneous trait-inferenceExternal contour |
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Shun-Fu eHu Chien-Kai eChang Yu-Chen eChen Sarina Hui-Lin eChien Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences Frontiers in Psychology face perception Political membership face-to-trait inference spontaneous trait-inference External contour |
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Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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Taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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taiwanese political parties can be categorized by face, by those who reported making face-to-trait inferences |
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The present study aims to replicate and extend Rule & Ambady (2010)’s findings that Republicans and Democrats could be differentiated by face. In Experiment 1, undergraduates categorized 50 gray-scale full-face photos of candidates of the two major political parties in Taiwan, the Kuomingtang (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Using identical stimuli and procedure, Experiment 2 tested 25- to 57-year-olds. Experiment 3 tested undergraduates with cropped photos, Experiment 4, with photos devoid of the mouth and chin area. At the end of each Experiment, we interviewed the participants about the strategies used. Results showed that undergraduates could categorize KMT and DPP with accuracies significantly higher than chance in full-face photos (Exp.1), M = .524, p = .045, cropped photos (Exp.3), M = .534, p = .016, and photos devoid of the mouth-and-chin area (Exp.4), M = .530, p = .048. Adults aged between 25 and 57 could also categorize full-face photos (Exp.2), M = .557, p < .001. Analysis on strategy use revealed that the better-than-chance performance may be a unique contribution of those who reported making face-to-trait inferences. In sum, we replicated Rule and Ambady’s (2010) results in East Asian and found that face-to-trait inferences may be essential. |
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face perception Political membership face-to-trait inference spontaneous trait-inference External contour |
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