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ERIC Number: EJ572657
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Evaluation of Vocal Performance.
Wapnick, Joel; Darrow, Alice Ann; Kovacs, Jolan; Dalrymple, Lucinda
Journal of Research in Music Education, v45 n3 p470-79 Fall 1997
Studies whether physical attractiveness of singers affects judges' ratings of their vocal performances. Reveals that physical attractiveness does impact evaluation, that male raters were more severe than female raters, and that the rating of undergraduate majors versus graduate students and professors combined were not differently affected by attractiveness. (DSK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Music, Performance, Physical Attractiveness, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Singing, Vocal Music
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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