Attractiveness as a biasing factor in teacher judgments.
A double-blind experiment to evaluate the effect of facial attractiveness on teacher judgments was performed. Given identical information, teachers systematically rated attractive children more favorably than unattractive children. In the case of unattractive children, teachers were more willing to recommend special-class placement and held lower expectations for future academic and social development.
D000124:Achievement; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012919:Social Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D013663:Teaching