Evaluation of a young child's behavior: effects of attractiveness and sex.
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.
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Department of Psychology, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001504:Beauty; D002652:Child Behavior; D002668:Child Rearing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations