Attribution of Personality Based on Attractiveness

Presenters

Nichole Reaver, Cedarville UniversityFollow
Chi-en Hwang, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Type of Submission

Poster

Keywords

Personality, attractiveness

Campus Venue

Dixon Ministry Center, Alumni Hall

Location

Cedarville, OH

Start Date

4-10-2013 1:00 PM

End Date

4-10-2013 5:00 PM

Comments

Abstract:

This study attempted to explore the relationship between physical attractiveness and personality attribution. One hundred and eighty undergraduate students attributed personality traits (focusing on extroversion) to two attractive and two unattractive female photographs, and they were also asked to rate themselves on the Big Five Inventory. We hypothesized that extroversion is related to attractiveness and people would attribute characteristics similar to their own to attractive photographs. Results confirmed our hypothesis that attractive photographs received higher ratings on extroversion, and there was a positive correlation between self-reported extroversion score and extroversion score assigned to attractive people.

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