Evaluation of a young child's behavior: effects of attractiveness and sex
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1Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Perceptual and Motor Skills
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Facial drawings of 2- or 4-yr.-old boys or girls differing in attractiveness were attached to an episode which depicted a mild misbehavior. Neither the attribution of responsibility for the behavior nor the choice of an indulgent vs punitive response was associated with the child's attractiveness, sex, or age. These findings suggest that the halo effects of attractiveness discriminations may not be fully operative at these ages.