Trustworthiness and Individual Differences The Impact Males Facial Structure (Width-to-Height Ratio) Can Have on Social Attributions of Others

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Trustworthiness and Individual Differences The Impact Males Facial Structure (Width-to-Height Ratio) Can Have on Social Attributions of Others

Pinjie Lyu 1*
  • 1 Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China    
  • *corresponding author lpj.lyupinjie@outlook.com
LNEP Vol.4
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-33-1
ISBN (Online): 978-1-915371-34-8

Abstract

People quickly develop opinions about others' personalities and intentions based solely on appearance and cognitive abilities, which can have serious consequences. The objective facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) has been associated with social attributions of trustworthiness, with men who have wider faces being viewed as less trustable than men with narrower faces. In this investigation, we examine the relationship between fWHR and three crucial components of perceived trustworthiness: perceived benevolence, perceived ability, and perceived integrity, with the goal of better understanding this finding. There are two experiments in my research, both within-subject experiments, using a within-subject t-test to analyze data. We will measure individuals' different judgements according to images of different fWHR. We expect that "people perceive men who are narrower-faced as being more likely to take a risk and become vulnerable to others" and "lower levels of counterproductive behaviour and having appropriate knowledge do not correlate with the facial width-to-height ratio." In addition, we anticipate that people with narrower faces will more frequently be perceived as having higher integrity than people with wider faces, whereas people with narrow faces and broad faces are equal in having higher benevolence or ability. These results suggest that fWHR influences people's social choices, which may pave the way for future research on facial appearance, perceived trustworthiness, and impression management.

Keywords:

Facial perceptions, Integrity, Facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR), Trustworthiness

Lyu,P. (2023). Trustworthiness and Individual Differences The Impact Males Facial Structure (Width-to-Height Ratio) Can Have on Social Attributions of Others. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,577-581.
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[1]. Alrajih, S., & Ward, J. (2014). Increased facial width-to-height ratio and perceived dominance in the faces of the UK's leading business leaders. British Journal of Psychology, 105, 153–161.

[2]. Colquitt, J. A., Scott, B. A., & LePine, J. A. (2007). Trust, trustworthiness, and trust propensity: a meta-analytic test of their unique relationships with risk taking and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 909–927.

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[4]. Geniole, S. N., Molnar, D. S., Carré, J. M., & McCormick, C. M. (2014). The facial width-toheight ratio shares stronger links with judgments of aggression than with judgments of trustworthiness. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 40, 1526–1541.

[5]. Haselhuhn, M. P., & Wong, E. M. (2012). Bad to the bone, Facial structure predicts unethical behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 279, 571–576.

[6]. Jones, S. L., & Shah, P. P. (2016). Diagnosing the locus of trust: A temporal perspective for trustee, trustor and dyadic influences on perceived trustworthiness. Journal of Applied Psychology (in press).

[7]. Kleisner, K., Priplatova, L., Frost, P., & Flegr, J. (2013). Trustworthy-looking face meets brown eyes. PloS One, 8(1), e53285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053285.

[8]. Mayer, R. C., & Davis, J. H. (1999). The effect of the performance appraisal system on trust for management: A field quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 123–136.

[9]. Ormiston, M. E., Wong, E. M., & Haselhuhn, M. P. (2017). Facial-width-to-height ratio predicts perceptions of integrity in males. Personality and Individual Differences, 105, 40–42.

[10]. Stirrat, M., & Perrett, D. I. (2010). Valid facial cues to cooperation and trust, male facial width and trustworthiness. Psychological Science, 21, 349–354.

[11]. Todorov, A., Olivola, C. Y., Dotsch, R., & Mende-Siedlecki, P. (2015). Social attributions from faces: Determinants, consequences, accuracy, and functional significance. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 519–545.

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Lyu,P. (2023). Trustworthiness and Individual Differences The Impact Males Facial Structure (Width-to-Height Ratio) Can Have on Social Attributions of Others. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,4,577-581.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 3

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Editor：Muhammad Idrees, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga
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Conference date: 18 December 2022
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
Volume number: Vol.4
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References

[1]. Alrajih, S., & Ward, J. (2014). Increased facial width-to-height ratio and perceived dominance in the faces of the UK's leading business leaders. British Journal of Psychology, 105, 153–161.

[2]. Colquitt, J. A., Scott, B. A., & LePine, J. A. (2007). Trust, trustworthiness, and trust propensity: a meta-analytic test of their unique relationships with risk taking and job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92, 909–927.

[3]. Geniole, S. N., Denson, T. F., Dixson, B. J., Carré, J. M., & McCormick, C. M. (2015). Evidence from meta-analyses of the facial width-to-height ratio as an evolved cue of threat. PloS One, 10(7), e0132726.

[4]. Geniole, S. N., Molnar, D. S., Carré, J. M., & McCormick, C. M. (2014). The facial width-toheight ratio shares stronger links with judgments of aggression than with judgments of trustworthiness. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance, 40, 1526–1541.

[5]. Haselhuhn, M. P., & Wong, E. M. (2012). Bad to the bone, Facial structure predicts unethical behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 279, 571–576.

[6]. Jones, S. L., & Shah, P. P. (2016). Diagnosing the locus of trust: A temporal perspective for trustee, trustor and dyadic influences on perceived trustworthiness. Journal of Applied Psychology (in press).

[7]. Kleisner, K., Priplatova, L., Frost, P., & Flegr, J. (2013). Trustworthy-looking face meets brown eyes. PloS One, 8(1), e53285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053285.

[8]. Mayer, R. C., & Davis, J. H. (1999). The effect of the performance appraisal system on trust for management: A field quasi-experiment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 123–136.

[9]. Ormiston, M. E., Wong, E. M., & Haselhuhn, M. P. (2017). Facial-width-to-height ratio predicts perceptions of integrity in males. Personality and Individual Differences, 105, 40–42.

[10]. Stirrat, M., & Perrett, D. I. (2010). Valid facial cues to cooperation and trust, male facial width and trustworthiness. Psychological Science, 21, 349–354.

[11]. Todorov, A., Olivola, C. Y., Dotsch, R., & Mende-Siedlecki, P. (2015). Social attributions from faces: Determinants, consequences, accuracy, and functional significance. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 519–545.

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