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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Objectification theory posits that individuals are perceived as objects.
  • Existing cognitive measures for objectification require further validation.
  • The inverted body recognition task has been proposed as a potential cognitive measure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the validity of the inverted body recognition task as a measure of objectification.
  • To examine the influence of stimulus characteristics and perceiver variables on the inversion effect.
  • To assess the generalizability of the inverted body recognition task across different stimuli.

Main Methods:

  • Three studies were conducted, including a direct replication, a conceptual replication with new stimuli, and a boundary condition test.
  • Participants viewed images of sexualized and non-sexualized male and female models.
  • Mixed-effects models were used to analyze the inversion effect in relation to stimulus properties and individual differences.

Main Results:

  • Study 1 replicated findings of a stronger inversion effect for male stimuli.
  • Studies 2a and 2b found no significant difference in the inversion effect between male and female stimuli.
  • The influence of stimulus sexualization, attractiveness, and perceiver variables on the inversion effect was inconsistent across studies.

Conclusions:

  • The inverted body recognition task's validity as a cognitive measure of objectification is questionable due to inconsistent results.
  • The inversion effect is highly dependent on the specific set of visual stimuli used.
  • The generalizability of findings from this task is limited, suggesting caution in its application.