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A research confederate was featured in two videos in the same manner, reading from the same script, with the difference being that in one video the confederate was dressed in a 'sexualized' manner (make-up, cleavage etc.) versus being conservatively dressed (long-sleeve jumper, no make-up, hair concealed.) | A research confederate was featured in two videos in the same manner, reading from the same script, with the difference being that in one video the confederate was dressed in a 'sexualized' manner (make-up, cleavage etc.) versus being conservatively dressed (long-sleeve jumper, no make-up, hair concealed.) | ||
To control for any possible changes in behavior between the two conditions, a group of female raters | To control for any possible changes in behavior between the two conditions, a group of female raters were asked to rate the audio voice recordings from the two videos, and they were judged to be similar in traits rated such as likability, intelligence, extraversion, and attractiveness. Each participant was randomly assigned to receive either the sexualized video or the conventional video. | ||
Each participant was randomly assigned to receive either the sexualized video or the conventional video | |||
After watching the video the participants were asked to rate their perceptions of the targets personality as measured by the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, which is a measure of the big-five personality traits. The researchers constructed a variable termed 'uniquely human personality traits' which was the average score across the four Openness and Conscientiousness items representing these two dimensions of the Big Five, which have been shown in previous research to be judged as the most uniquely 'human' personality traits. | After watching the video the participants were asked to rate their perceptions of the targets personality as measured by the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, which is a measure of the big-five personality traits. The researchers constructed a variable termed 'uniquely human personality traits' which was the average score across the four Openness and Conscientiousness items representing these two dimensions of the Big Five, which have been shown in previous research to be judged as the most uniquely 'human' personality traits. | ||
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The participants were then told they would play an economic game with their partner, a task that required them to select among three response options to earn points that would be exchangeable for money at the end of the study. Participants could choose to 'steal' points from their partner to but these stolen points were not added to the participants tally, thus stealing points was spiteful and aggressive (as it resulted in an opportunity cost, the participants time would ideally have been better spent protecting their own points). | The participants were then told they would play an economic game with their partner, a task that required them to select among three response options to earn points that would be exchangeable for money at the end of the study. Participants could choose to 'steal' points from their partner to but these stolen points were not added to the participants tally, thus stealing points was spiteful and aggressive (as it resulted in an opportunity cost, the participants time would ideally have been better spent protecting their own points). | ||
Results showed that the female participants 'dehumanized' the more sexualized woman, and this caused increased aggressive behavior towards her in the economic game. This was most pronounced among women with a high level of intrasexual competitiveness. | |||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''Quotes:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''Quotes:'''</span> | ||
* ''This | * ''This suggests that mere exposure to a sexualized woman predicts intrasexual aggression and that it does so in part via reduced perceived humanness of the target.'' | ||
* ''This provides support for the sexual-economics hypothesis, | * ''This provides support for the sexual-economics hypothesis, in that women aggressively punish other women who present themselves as too sexually available as a function of intrasexual competition. An important aspect of women’s intrasexual competition may therefore entail the social regulation of women’s sexuality by other women.'' | ||
* ''This study provides some of the first empirical evidence in support of the hypothesis that women’s punishment of sexualized women is likely a function of intrasexual competition'' | * ''This study provides some of the first empirical evidence in support of the hypothesis that women’s punishment of sexualized women is likely a function of intrasexual competition.'' | ||
<span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%>'''References:'''</span> | ||