Red Shape, Blue Shape

Political Ideology Influences the Social Perception of Body Shape
dc.bibliographicCitation.article148
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue1
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume8
dc.contributor.authorQuirós-Ramírez, María Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorStreuber, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorBlack, Michael J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-28T13:35:33Z
dc.date.available2023-03-28T13:35:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2023-03-28T09:52:38Z
dc.description.abstractPolitical elections have a profound impact on individuals and societies. Optimal voting is thought to be based on informed and deliberate decisions yet, it has been demonstrated that the outcomes of political elections are biased by the perception of candidates’ facial features and the stereotypical traits voters attribute to these. Interestingly, political identification changes the attribution of stereotypical traits from facial features. This study explores whether the perception of body shape elicits similar effects on political trait attribution and whether these associations can be visualized. In Experiment 1, ratings of 3D body shapes were used to model the relationship between perception of 3D body shape and the attribution of political traits such as ‘Republican’, ‘Democrat’, or ‘Leader’. This allowed analyzing and visualizing the mental representations of stereotypical 3D body shapes associated with each political trait. Experiment 2 was designed to test whether political identification of the raters affected the attribution of political traits to different types of body shapes. The results show that humans attribute political traits to the same body shapes differently depending on their own political preference. These findings show that our judgments of others are influenced by their body shape and our own political views. Such judgments have potential political and societal implications.
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41599-021-00817-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/2935
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.issn26629992
dc.relation.journalHumanities and Social Sciences Communications
dc.rightsL::CC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.subject.fieldamericanstudies
dc.subject.fieldsocialscience
dc.subject.fieldpoliticalscience
dc.titleRed Shape, Blue Shape
dc.title.alternativePolitical Ideology Influences the Social Perception of Body Shape
dc.typearticle
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