Social Perception and Interpersonal Behavior: On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes

Snyder, Mark; Tanke, Elizabeth Decker; Berscheid, Ellen

doi:10.4324/9780203496398-37

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“…For example, in one study men spoke with women on the telephone whom they believed to be physically attractive or unattractive (always the same individual, but the men were given photographs of either attractive or unattractive individuals). Women who were perceived (unknown to them) to be physically attractive behaved in a more sociable, outgoing, and warm manner than did those perceived to be unattractive (Snyder et al 1977). Interestingly judges rated the men as more outgoing, humorous, confident, and socially adept when they spoke to the ''attractive women''.…”

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Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-Being and Distress

2015

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Attractive people enjoy many social and economic advantages. Most studies find effects of attractiveness on happiness or life satisfaction, but based on traditional cross-sectional approaches. We use a large longitudinal survey consisting of a sample of male and female high school graduates from Wisconsin followed from their late teens to their mid-1960s. The panel construction of the data and the fact that interviews of the siblings of the respondents are available allow us to analyze the effects of physical appearance on psychological well-being (human flourishing) and ill-being (distress and depression) conditioning on unobserved individual heterogeneity via random effects. We find a significant positive relationship between measures of physical attractiveness (greater facial attractiveness at high school, and lower BMI and greater height in middle age) and a measure of psychological well-being, and a significant negative relationship between measures of physical attractiveness and distress/depression. These effects are slightly smaller when we adjust for demographics and mental ability but, with the exception of All authors have contributed equally to this work. Authors are listed in alphabetical order. height, remain significant. Our results suggest that attractiveness impacts psychological well-being and depression directly as well as through its effects on other life outcomes.

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Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-Being and Distress

2015

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“…For example, in their classic study Darley and Gross (1983) found that stereotypes related to social class influenced participants' interpretation of a young female student's ambiguous academic performance and their subsequent prediction of her academic abilities and potential. Stereotypic-expectancies can also influence perceivers' own behavior toward targets, who, consequently, may respond in such a way as to confirm the perceiver's expectancy (Snyder et al 1977). Interestingly, research suggests that both perceivers and third-party observers often fail to recognize the critical role of the perceivers' behavior in eliciting the targets' confirmatory behavior (see Bargh 1999).…”

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Studying is lame when he got game: racial stereotypes and the discouragement of Black student-athletes from schoolwork

Czopp

2010

Soc Psychol Educ

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Positive stereotypes appear favorable but may have negative consequences for the targets of such beliefs. Because such stereotypes often have prescriptive properties, stereotype-confirming behavior among targets may be perceived as especially appropriate and subsequently rewarded. Furthermore, targets may be actively encouraged to engage in such "natural" behaviors despite potentially negative outcomes. White participants assumed the role of a career counselor and offered guidance to a Black or White student who excelled in a stereotypic domain (athletics). Male participants who personally endorsed positive racial stereotypes discouraged the Black student (but not the White student) from academic-related goals and behaviors. The implications of such diverging guidance on the perpetuation of intergroup differences in status and achievement are discussed.

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“…Behaviors indicating romantic love include 'studying' the other person, trying to 'read' and determine their feelings, providing service to them, and maintaining physical closeness. Further, individuals in love tend to behave toward their loved ones according to their imaginary expectations about them, rather than according to realistic appraisals (Snyder et al, 1977;Berscheid and Regan, 2005). At the same time, as the basis of relating is fleeting and volatile emotionality, the ensuing relationship tends to be unstable, unpredictable, and sometimes unrealistic.…”

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Love and Intimacy, Psychology of

Kordoutis

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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Social Perception and Interpersonal Behavior: On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes

Cited by 51 publications

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Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-Being and Distress

Beauty in Mind: The Effects of Physical Attractiveness on Psychological Well-Being and Distress

Studying is lame when he got game: racial stereotypes and the discouragement of Black student-athletes from schoolwork

Love and Intimacy, Psychology of

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