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Interpersonal choice: The advantage on the left or on the right?
Author(s) -
Zhao Xueru,
He Xianyou,
Zhang Wei,
Chen Guangyao,
Chen Qing,
Huang Lixiang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12388
Subject(s) - psychology , left and right , interpersonal communication , social psychology , new left , political science , law , structural engineering , politics , engineering
This study explored whether body specificity unconsciously influenced preferences for certain people. Participants were presented pictures of the heads of 2 persons who were described as having the similar personality, profession and family background. They were instructed to choose 1 in each pair as the preferred date, preferred friend, more charismatic boss or as the better national leader. The results showed body specificity had an influence on the selection preference on first impression. Participants tended to choose the character on their dominant‐hand side. This study not only provided the first social psychological evidence for the body‐specificity hypothesis, but also first demonstrated a role for body specificity in impression formation and selection preference.