Beyond categories: Perceiving sexual attraction from faces.
Although people can categorize others' sexual orientation (e.g., gay/lesbian vs. straight) from their facial appearance, not everyone defines their sexual orientation categorically. Indeed, many individuals within the same sexual orientation category experience different degrees of own‐ and other‐ge...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Psychology Vol. 113; no. 1; pp. 226 - 248 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2022
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=154758126&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 154758126 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00071269 BJP jtl: British Journal of Psychology issn: 00071269 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Feb2022 vid: 113 iid: 1 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 154758126 10.1111/bjop.12523 ppf: 226 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: C – @attributes: type: P size: 794KB tig: atl: Beyond categories: Perceiving sexual attraction from faces. aug: au: Bjornsdottir, R. Thora Cheso, Diana Rule, Nicholas O. affil: Royal Holloway, University of London,, UK University of Toronto, Ontario,, Canada su: Personal beauty Self-evaluation Sensory perception Facial expression Attitudes toward sex Sex distribution Sexual orientation identity Body image Face sug: subj: Personal beauty Self-evaluation Sensory perception Facial expression Attitudes toward sex Sex distribution Sexual orientation identity Body image Face keyword: face perception first impressions person perception sexual attraction sexual orientation social categorization face perception first impressions person perception sexual attraction sexual orientation social categorization ab: Although people can categorize others' sexual orientation (e.g., gay/lesbian vs. straight) from their facial appearance, not everyone defines their sexual orientation categorically. Indeed, many individuals within the same sexual orientation category experience different degrees of own‐ and other‐gender attraction. Moving beyond sexual orientation categories, we found that perceivers' judgments of individuals' sexual attraction correlated with those individuals' self‐reported degrees of attraction to women and men. Similar to past work on sexual orientation categories, facial affect cued sexual attraction in men whereas gender typicality cued sexual attraction in women. Moreover, asking participants to categorize the targets as 'not straight' versus 'straight' revealed a linear pattern distinct from the discrete category thresholds typical of other social groups (e.g., race). Facial appearance thus reveals nuances in sexual attraction that support sexual orientation categorizations. These findings refine understanding of social categorization more broadly. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|