Extraversion is accurately perceived after a 50-ms exposure to a face

Borkenau, Peter; Brecke, Steffi; Möttig, Christine; Paelecke, Marko

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2009.03.007

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“…Although one of the facial cues for neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness judgments is CHANGING THE PERSONALITY OF A FACE 33 smiling (Borkenau et al, 2009), a facial characteristic also relevant for trustworthiness judgments (Oosterhof & Todorov, 2008), approximately half of the variance in these judgments remains unexplained by trustworthiness and dominance. Two implications ensue: First, it is evident that the Big Five capture more than the two basic dimensions of face evaluation.…”

Section: Theoretical Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing the personality of a face: Perceived Big Two and Big Five personality factors modeled in real photographs.

Walker

Vetter

2016

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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General, spontaneous evaluations of strangers based on their faces have been shown to reflect judgments of these persons’ intention and ability to harm. These evaluations can be mapped onto a 2D space defined by the dimensions trustworthiness (intention) and dominance (ability). Here we go beyond general evaluations and focus on more specific personality judgments derived from the Big Two and Big Five personality concepts. In particular, we investigate whether Big Two/Big Five personality judgments can be mapped onto the 2D space defined by the dimensions trustworthiness and dominance. Results indicate that judgments of the Big Two personality dimensions almost perfectly map onto the 2D space. In contrast, at least 3 of the Big Five dimensions (i.e., neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness) go beyond the 2D space, indicating that additional dimensions are necessary to describe more specific face-based personality judgments accurately. Building on this evidence, we model the Big Two/Big Five personality dimensions in real facial photographs. Results from 2 validation studies show that the Big Two/Big Five are perceived reliably across different samples of faces and participants. Moreover, results reveal that participants differentiate reliably between the different Big Two/Big Five dimensions. Importantly, this high level of agreement and differentiation in personality judgments from faces likely creates a subjective reality which may have serious consequences for those being perceived—notably, these consequences ensue because the subjective reality is socially shared, irrespective of the judgments’ validity. The methodological approach introduced here might prove useful in various psychological disciplines.

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Section: Theoretical Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing the personality of a face: Perceived Big Two and Big Five personality factors modeled in real photographs.

Walker

Vetter

2016

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

151

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“…These cues are mainly about facial features, and cannot be changed by the user when taking the pictures. Other studies used spontaneous photographs taken by experimenters and found that extraversion was associated with cheerfulness and smiling (Borkenau et al, 2009;Naumann et al, 2009) while narcissism was associated with attractiveness, flashy clothing, and make up (Vazire, Naumann, Rentfrow, & Gosling, 2008). In addition, extraverts stood in more energetic ways while introverts stood in a tenser manner in full-body photos (Naumann et al, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conscientious individuals are less likely to wear high-top shoes, while emotionally stable individuals are more likely to wear shoes with brand names (Gillath, Bahns, Ge, & Crandall, 2012). Studies have also found cues such as facial expression and body posture in photos that are related to personality (e.g., Borkenau, Brecke, Möttig, & Paelecke, 2009;Naumann, Vazire, Rentfrow, & Gosling, 2009). However, these studies often use portraits taken by others, but not participants themselves for the purpose of self-expression.…”

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What does your selfie say about you?

Qiu

Yang

et al. 2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…First, because personality traits have physiological traits as precursors, they can provide explanations of how physiological traits affect leader behavior. For instance, the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene and face shape are significant predictors of the extraversion trait (Borkenau, Brecke, Möttig, & Paelecke, 2009;Munafò, Yalcin, Willis-Owen, & Flint, 2008), which is associated with a number of other leader behaviors such as transformational leadership (e.g., Judge & Bono, 2004;Reichard et al, 2011).…”

Section: Psychological Differences Personality Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%