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".

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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".

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leslie Zebrowitz, Leslie A. Zebrowitz
• Editore: Harper Collins Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.05.1997
• EAN: 9780813327471
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2747-1
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: New Directions in Social Psych
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Sozialpsychologie, Soziologie und Anthropologie