Stereotypes bias social class perception from faces: The roles of race, gender, affect, and attractiveness.

ABSTRACT: People quickly form consequential impressions of others' social class standing from nonverbal cues, including facial appearance. Extant research shows that perceivers judge faces that appear more positive, attractive, and healthy as higher-class, in line with stereotypes associating high class standing with happiness, attractiveness, and better wellbeing (which bear a kernel of truth). A wealth of research, moreover, demonstrates strong stereotypical associations between social class and both race and gender. The current work bridged these areas of inquiry to explore (1) intersectional biases in social class impressions from faces and (2) how associations between social class and attractiveness/health and affect can be used to shift social class impressions. Our studies found evidence of r

SUBMITTER: Bjornsdottir RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529118 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature