The Face of Social Networks: Naive Observers’ Accurate Assessment of Others’ Social Network Positions From Faces
| Autor: | Nicholas P. Alt, Adam M. Kleinbaum, Kerri L. Johnson, Carolyn Parkinson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social Psychology
Social network business.industry 05 social sciences Face (sociological concept) 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology Zero (linguistics) Social vision Clinical Psychology Interpersonal ties Face perception 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Psychology Social psychology Social evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13:118-126 |
| ISSN: | 1948-5514 1948-5506 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/19485506211003723 |
| Popis: | We examined whether, even at zero acquaintance, observers accurately infer others’ social network positions—specifically, the number and patterning of social ties (e.g., brokerage—the extent to which a person bridges disconnected people) and the trait impressions that support this accuracy. We paired social network data ( n = 272 professional school students), with naive observers’ ( n = 301 undergraduates) judgments of facial images of each person within the network. Results revealed that observers’ judgments of targets’ number of friends were predicted by the actual number of people who considered the target a friend (in-degree centrality) and that perceived brokerage was significantly predicted by targets’ actual brokerage. Lens models revealed that targets’ perceived attractiveness, dominance, warmth, competence, and trustworthiness supported this accuracy, with attractiveness and warmth most associated with perceptions of popularity and brokerage. Overall, we demonstrate accuracy in naive observers’ judgments of social network position and the trait impressions supporting these inferences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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