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Do Spectacles Really Affect Judgements of Intelligence?
Author(s) -
ARGYLE MICHAEL,
McHENRY ROBERT
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1971.tb00709.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , psychology , perception , social psychology , significant difference , cognitive psychology , communication , medicine , neuroscience
Video‐tapes were made of performers with and without spectacles, seen either static for 15 sec. or being interviewed for 5 min. Judges rated IQs of performers as 12 points higher when they were seen wearing spectacles and were seen briefly; when the performers were seen for 5 min., however, spectacles made no difference. It is argued that this result throws doubt on experiments in person perception using photographs or brief exposure.