Criminality & Facial Perception
This term refers to the extent to which a person's appearance triggers stereotypes about criminals
What is criminality?
Faces perceived as more criminal are typically rated as less ____, according to the study.
What is attractive?
These faces are remembered more easily than others, a phenomenon observed in the study.
What are criminal-looking faces?
This type of face was used as a comparison to criminal-looking faces in the study.
What is a non-criminal-looking face?
This term describes the tendency to judge someone's character based on their facial recognition.
What is face-based stereotyping?
Faces that appear more criminal are often considered less ___, meaning they stand out less.
What is typical?
The study suggests that faces deemed more criminal are recognised more easily in this type of task.
What is a face recognition task?
This study's findings imply that eyewitness performance might be enhanced when the culprit has this appearance.
What is a criminal appearance?
The study found that criminal-looking faces are more likely to be remembered due to this cognitive bias.
What is the negativity bias?
This aspect of criminal-looking faces was found to be more memorable in the study.
What is distinctiveness?
Criminality levels rated high or low.
What are the independent variables of Experiment 1?