When Social Perception Goes Wrong: Judging Targets’ Behavior toward Gay Versus Straight People

Goh, Jin X.; Ruben, Mollie A.; Hall, Judith A.

doi:10.1080/01973533.2018.1550724

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“…First, perceivers may apply valid strategies when judging men's attachment style more consistently than when judging women's attachment style (Goh, Ruben, & Hall, 2019). For instance, certain ephemeral changes in women's appearance may invalidly signal certain attachment styles (e.g., makeup), thus misleading perceivers.…”

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Accuracy and bias in first impressions of attachment style from faces

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MacDonald

et al. 2020

Journal of Personality

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Objective People gather important social information from subtle nonverbal cues. Given that one's attachment style can meaningfully affect the quality of one's relationships, we investigated whether people could perceive men's and women's attachment styles from photos of their neutral faces. Method In two studies, we measured targets' attachment styles then asked participants (total N = 893) to judge the male and female targets' attachment anxiety and avoidance from photos of their neutral faces (total N = 331) and to report their own attachment anxiety and avoidance. Results Participants detected men's attachment style from face photos significantly better than chance in an initial exploratory study and in a preregistered replication but did not consistently detect women's attachment style from their face photos. Moreover, participants' own attachment style biased these first impressions: Individuals with greater attachment anxiety viewed others as more anxiously attached. Conclusions People can detect some hints of unacquainted others' attachment styles from their faces but their own anxious attachment can bias these judgments.

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Accuracy and bias in first impressions of attachment style from faces

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MacDonald

et al. 2020

Journal of Personality

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“…When egalitarian norms toward the LGBTQ community are strong, straight people increasingly regulate their behaviors to appear more egalitarian during interactions with sexual minorities (Crandall et al, 2002; Hebl et al, 2002; Plant & Devine, 1998; Richeson & Shelton, 2007). Sometimes members of nonstigmatized groups overcorrect and behave even more positively toward stigmatized individuals than nonstigmatized people, particularly in the presence of others (Dasgupta & Rivera, 2006; Goh, Ruben, & Hall, in press; Mendes & Koslov, 2013; Vorauer & Turpie, 2004).…”

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Does Concealing a Sexual Minority Identity Prevent Exposure to Prejudice?

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Thurston

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Social Psychological and Personality Science

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Concealing a stigmatized identity is considered self-protective in that it presumably decreases exposure to bias during intergroup interactions relative to disclosing the identity. We conducted two studies exploring sexual minorities’ expectations about the self-protective properties of concealment and the reality concerning whether concealment prevents exposure to bias. In Study 1, half of sexual minorities who imagined interacting with a straight peer chose to conceal their identity, and this was predicted by the belief that concealment carries protective benefits. Study 2 randomly assigned sexual minorities to reveal or conceal their sexual orientations in actual interactions with straight peers. Neither sexual minority partners nor independent sexual minority coders perceived less bias among straight partners who interacted with sexual minorities concealing versus disclosing their identities. This was confirmed with Bayesian inferences demonstrating more evidence for the null model than the alternative. We discuss the potential benefits and costs of disclosure.

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Shifting Standards und positiver Feedback-Bias: Wenn negative Stereotype zu positiveren Urteilen führen

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When Social Perception Goes Wrong: Judging Targets’ Behavior toward Gay Versus Straight People

Cited by 4 publications

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Accuracy and bias in first impressions of attachment style from faces

Accuracy and bias in first impressions of attachment style from faces

Does Concealing a Sexual Minority Identity Prevent Exposure to Prejudice?

Shifting Standards und positiver Feedback-Bias: Wenn negative Stereotype zu positiveren Urteilen führen

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