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Skönheten och hjärnan - en studie om fördomar om intelligens baserat på uppfattad attraktivitet

Olsson, Maja LU and Cherkasova, Eva Maria LU (2024) PSYK11 20241
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns en eventuell bias i bedömningen av intelligens baserat på skattad attraktivitet. En online-enkät utformades och innehöll bilder på två män och två kvinnor med uttalanden av olika kompetensnivåer. För att kontrollera attraktivitetsvariabeln användes bilder från en databas som har befintliga värden för uppfattad attraktivitet. Enkäten delades upp i fyra och innehållet ordnades med Latin Square för att undvika ordningseffekter. Rekrytering med bekvämlighetsurval resulterade i totalt 74 deltagare. Resultatet analyserades med en repeated measures ANOVA, följt av ett post hoc-test med Tukeys och Bonferronis korrektion. Post hoc-testen resulterade i fyra signifikanta samband varav tre var... (More)
Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns en eventuell bias i bedömningen av intelligens baserat på skattad attraktivitet. En online-enkät utformades och innehöll bilder på två män och två kvinnor med uttalanden av olika kompetensnivåer. För att kontrollera attraktivitetsvariabeln användes bilder från en databas som har befintliga värden för uppfattad attraktivitet. Enkäten delades upp i fyra och innehållet ordnades med Latin Square för att undvika ordningseffekter. Rekrytering med bekvämlighetsurval resulterade i totalt 74 deltagare. Resultatet analyserades med en repeated measures ANOVA, följt av ett post hoc-test med Tukeys och Bonferronis korrektion. Post hoc-testen resulterade i fyra signifikanta samband varav tre var relevanta för studiens syfte och frågeställningar. Det konstaterades att kompetensnivån av uttalanden påverkar bedömningen av den uppfattade intelligensen oavsett den bedömda attraktivitetsnivån. Bedömning av den uppfattade intelligensen för personer med uttalanden med låg kompetensnivå blev påverkad av deras bedömda attraktivitetsnivå. Det indikerar att haloeffekten kan potentiellt inträffa vid uttalande av låg kompetensnivå där den bedömda attraktivitetsnivå har mer inverkan på den uppfattade intelligensen. (Less)
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there might be an underlying bias in the assessment of intelligence based on perceived attractiveness. An online survey was developed, each containing images of two men and two women, accompanied by statements of varying complexity levels. To control for the attractiveness variable, images were sourced from a database with pre-existing attractiveness ratings. The survey was split into four and the content was organized using a Latin square design to mitigate order effects. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling, resulting in a total of 74 participants. The survey results were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA, followed by post hoc tests with Tukey's and... (More)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there might be an underlying bias in the assessment of intelligence based on perceived attractiveness. An online survey was developed, each containing images of two men and two women, accompanied by statements of varying complexity levels. To control for the attractiveness variable, images were sourced from a database with pre-existing attractiveness ratings. The survey was split into four and the content was organized using a Latin square design to mitigate order effects. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling, resulting in a total of 74 participants. The survey results were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA, followed by post hoc tests with Tukey's and Bonferroni's corrections. The post hoc tests identified four significant associations, of which only three were relevant to the study's purpose and hypothesis. It was determined that the complexity level of the statements influenced the perception of intelligence regardless of the rated attractiveness level. Additionally, the assessment of perceived intelligence for higher rated attractive individuals with statements of lower complexity was influenced by attractiveness level. It indicates that the halo effect can potentially occur with statements of lower complexity, where level of rated attractiveness has more influence on the perceived intelligence. (Less)
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Olsson, Maja LU and Cherkasova, Eva Maria LU
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course
PSYK11 20241
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Haloeffekten, uppfattad attraktivitet, uppfattad intelligens, Halo effect, perceived attractiveness, perceived intelligence
language
Swedish
id
9162754
date added to LUP
2024-06-18 14:15:33
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2024-06-18 14:15:33
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there might be an underlying bias in the assessment of intelligence based on perceived attractiveness. An online survey was developed, each containing images of two men and two women, accompanied by statements of varying complexity levels. To control for the attractiveness variable, images were sourced from a database with pre-existing attractiveness ratings. The survey was split into four and the content was organized using a Latin square design to mitigate order effects. Participants were recruited through convenience sampling, resulting in a total of 74 participants. The survey results were analyzed using a repeated measures ANOVA, followed by post hoc tests with Tukey's and Bonferroni's corrections. The post hoc tests identified four significant associations, of which only three were relevant to the study's purpose and hypothesis. It was determined that the complexity level of the statements influenced the perception of intelligence regardless of the rated attractiveness level. Additionally, the assessment of perceived intelligence for higher rated attractive individuals with statements of lower complexity was influenced by attractiveness level. It indicates that the halo effect can potentially occur with statements of lower complexity, where level of rated attractiveness has more influence on the perceived intelligence.}},
  author       = {{Olsson, Maja and Cherkasova, Eva Maria}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Skönheten och hjärnan - en studie om fördomar om intelligens baserat på uppfattad attraktivitet}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}