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ERIC Number: EJ370882
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Role of Physical Attractiveness in the Observation of Adult-Child Interactions: Eye of the Beholder or Behavioral Reality?
Ritter, Jean M.; Langlois, Judith H.
Developmental Psychology, v24 n2 p254-63 Mar 1988
Studies of the susceptibility of observations of adult-child interactions to bias because of the physical attractiveness of target persons indicated that when making global ratings observers were significantly and favorably biased toward attractive women. No bias was obtained when observers used a molecular coding strategy. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Bias, Females, Infants, Interpersonal Competence, Mothers, Observation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Coding; Facial Characteristics; Physicial Attractiveness; Rating Methods