Date of Award:
5-1996
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Family and Human Development
Committee Chair(s)
Lori A. Roggman
Committee
Lori A. Roggman
Committee
Ann M. B. Austin
Committee
E. Helen Berry
Abstract
Easily observable infant characteristics have been shown to influence others; perceptions of infant competence. This study examined the relation between infant characteristics and a tester's willingness to repeat opportunities for the infant to pass items during administration of a cognitive test. Results showed that infant physical attractiveness was related to lower elicited infant performance (the ratio of items initially failed). Positive affect was related to higher test scores. Because first impressions are likely to contribute to future relationships, it may be important to educate adults who interact with infants about the effects of stereotyping infants based on first impressions.
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Recommended Citation
Hart, Andrea D., "Infant Physical Attractiveness, Affect, Temperament, and Gender in Relation to Tester Behavior" (1996). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2389.
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