Department
Psychology
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
The study was concerned with the effects of the physical attractiveness and name popularity of a student upon others. One hundred forty-one junior, senior, and graduate students majoring in education rated their impressions of a student on thirteen academic and socio-personal categories after exposure to a grade card of a fictitious 6th grade boy. Each card contained a picture of an attractive boy, a picture of an unattractive boy or no picture at all paired with a popular first name, an unpopular first name or no name at all. The categories rated included six academically related items and seven socio-personal categories. Significant results were found for the effects of physical attractiveness of a student for all socio-personal categories except one (concerning parental involvement in child's education), but on none of the academic categories. Name popularity was found to have a significant effect only on the category of socioeconomic status. There were no interactions between name and attractiveness. The results are further clarified and implications discussed.
Keywords
Students, Universities & colleges, Behavior, Prejudices, Mental states, Feedback (Psychology)--Education, Questionnaires
Advisor
Dr. Robert Markley
Date of Award
Fall 1979
Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Recommended Citation
Tompkins, Richard C., "The Effects of a Student's Physical Attractiveness and Name Popularity on Student Teacher Expectations as Inferred by Perceptual Ratings of Academic and Social Variables" (1979). Master's Theses. 1767.
DOI: 10.58809/PVGC8374
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1767
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