Judging attractiveness: Biases due to raters’ own attractiveness and intelligence

Figures & data

Figure 1. Five-minute interaction between dyads.

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of raters’ self-perceived attractiveness, intelligence, and mean ratings of attractiveness across targets

	Total (N = 159)		Males (N = 57)		Females (N = 102)
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Self-perceived attractiveness	2.84	1.43	3.35	1.29	2.56	1.43
Intelligence	.72	.59	.79	.60	.68	.58
Judges’ mean attractiveness ratings across targets	44.58	9.71	41.57	10.81	46.27	8.64

Note: Intelligence is a composite of the Ravens Progressive Matrices, Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test, and a vocabulary test.

Figure 2. The effect of male raters’ attractiveness on their average rating of attractiveness across group members.

Note: The black line at 36 represents average attractiveness on a scale of 72.

Figure 3. The effect of female raters’ attractiveness on their average rating of attractiveness across group members.

Note: The black line at 36 represents average attractiveness on a scale of 72.

Figure 4. The effect of male raters’ intelligence on their average rating of attractiveness across group members.

Note: The black line at 36 represents average attractiveness on a scale of 72.

Figure 5. The effect of female raters’ intelligence on their average rating of attractiveness across group members.

Note: The black line at 36 represents average attractiveness on a scale of 72.

Table

Sample:	LARGE	red		silent	wet
1.	TALK	draw	eat	speak	sleep
2.	PERMIT	allow	sew	cut	drive
3.	PARDON	forgive	pound	divide	tell
4.	COUCH	pin	eraser	sofa	glass
5.	REMEMBER	swim	recall	number	defy
6.	TUMBLE	drink	dress	fall	think
7.	HIDEOUS	silvery	tilted	young	dreadful
8.	CORDIAL	swift	muddy	leafy	hearty
9.	EVIDENT	green	obvious	skeptical	afraid
10.	IMPOSTER	conductor	officer	book	pretender
11.	MERIT	deserve	distrust	fight	separate
12.	FASCINATE	welcome	fix	stir	enchant
13.	INDICATE	defy	excite	signify	bicker
14.	IGNORANT	red	sharp	uninformed	precise
15.	FORTIFY	submerge	strengthen	vent	deaden
16.	RENOWN	length	head	fame	loyalty
17.	NARRATE	yield	buy	associate	tell
18.	MASSIVE	bright	large	speedy	low
19.	HILARITY	laughter	speed	grace	malice
20.	SMIRCHED	stolen	pointed	remade	soiled
21.	SQUANDER	tease	belittle	cut	waste
22.	CAPTION	drum	ballast	heading	ape
23.	FACILITATE	help	turn	strip	bewilder
24.	JOCOSE	humorous	paltry	fervid	plain
25.	APPRISE	reduce	strew	inform	delight
26.	RUE	eat	lament	dominate	cure
27.	DENIZEN	senator	inhabitant	fish	atom
28.	DIVEST	dispossess	intrude	rally	pledge
29.	AMULET	charm	orphan	dingo	pond
30.	INEXORABLE	untidy	involatile	rigid	sparse
31.	SERRATED	dried	notched	armed	blunt
32.	LISSOM	moldy	loose	supple	convex
33.	MOLLIFY	mitigate	direct	pertain	abuse
34.	PLAGIARIZE	appropriate	intend	revoke	maintain
35.	ORIFICE	brush	hole	building	lute
36.	QUERULOUS	maniacal	curious	devout	complaining
37.	PARIAH	outcast	priest	lentil	locker
38.	ABET	waken	ensue	incite	placate
39.	TEMERITY	rashness	timidity	desire	kindness
40.	PRISTINE	vain	sound	first	level