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The ability to perceive mental disorders through facial appearance was hypothesized to be related to signalling theory, specifically the researchers speculated that is in the organism's favor to generally send "honest signals" of various traits, (even socially undesirable ones), because of the threat of a false signal being discovered to be false and this leading to the signaller being punished for their "deceit" in sending a false signal to others. So even though it would likely be maladaptive for the mentally ill to honestly signal their disorders in such a fashion, at the population level this would be potentially out-weighted by the benefits of honest signals in relation to more favored traits. | The ability to perceive mental disorders through facial appearance was hypothesized to be related to signalling theory, specifically the researchers speculated that is in the organism's favor to generally send "honest signals" of various traits, (even socially undesirable ones), because of the threat of a false signal being discovered to be false and this leading to the signaller being punished for their "deceit" in sending a false signal to others. So even though it would likely be maladaptive for the mentally ill to honestly signal their disorders in such a fashion, at the population level this would be potentially out-weighted by the benefits of honest signals in relation to more favored traits. | ||
The researchers stated that this finding also implies that those who suffer from mental health disorders are at risk of being trapped in a " | The researchers stated that this finding also implies that those who suffer from mental health disorders are at risk of being trapped in a "vicious cycle" where their accurately perceived mental health cause others to shun and exclude them, and otherwise induce negative reactions in observers, and this social isolation and mistreatment results in worsened mental health. | ||
The researchers suggested that possible effects of physical appearance, in regards to the etiology and strengthening of mental disorders represented a largely unexplored element of psychology. | The researchers suggested that possible effects of physical appearance, in regards to the etiology and strengthening of mental disorders represented a largely unexplored element of psychology. | ||