Reading Faces - Window to the Soul?

This book provides the systematic, scientific account of people's tendency to judge people by their appearance and not by face. It offers an in-depth discussion of two appearance qualities that influence people's impressions of others?"baby-faceness" and "attractiveness".

List of contents

Preface -- Judging a Book by Its Cover -- What's in a Face? -- The Bases of Reading Faces -- A Baby's Face Is Disarming -- The Boons and the Banes of a Babyface -- Analyzing Attractiveness -- The Advantages of Attractiveness -- Formative Faces and Pulchritudinous Personalities -- Phasing Out Face Effects -- Unmasking the Face

About the author

Leslie A. Zebrowitz is Manuel Yellen Professor of Social Relations and professor of psychology at Brandeis University.

Summary

This book provides the systematic, scientific account of people's tendency to judge people by their appearance and not by face. It offers an in-depth discussion of two appearance qualities that influence people's impressions of others-"baby-faceness" and "attractiveness".

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Zebrowitz, Leslie A. Zebrowitz
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.1997
• EAN: 9780813327471
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2747-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: New Directions in Social Psych
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sozialpsychologie, Soziologie und Anthropologie