Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Date of Award
1979
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
Advisor
Robert Markley
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.
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
Rights
© 1979 Richard C. Tompkins
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