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Someone's facial appearance plays a significant role in how trustworthy they are perceived to be. For instance, attractive people are seen as warmer and more trustworthy than unattractive people due to the [[halo effect]]. However, attractiveness is not the only facial characteristic people use to make a snap judgment of trustworthiness. | Someone's facial appearance plays a significant role in how trustworthy they are perceived to be. For instance, attractive people are seen as warmer and more trustworthy than unattractive people due to the [[halo effect]]. However, attractiveness is not the only facial characteristic people use to make a snap judgment of trustworthiness. | ||
For example, it has been found that wider-faced men are seen as less trustworthy, which means people are less willing to cooperate with them.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610362647</ref> This type of bias can sometimes result in dire outcomes for men judged as less trustworthy based on their facial appearance. For instance, Wilson | For example, it has been found that wider-faced men are seen as less trustworthy, which means people are less willing to cooperate with them.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797610362647</ref> This type of bias can sometimes result in dire outcomes for men judged as less trustworthy based on their facial appearance. For instance, Wilson and O'Rule (2015) found that men with less trustworthy appearing faces were more likely to receive hard prison sentences and even the death penalty.<ref>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797615590992</ref> | ||
DeBruine (2002) found that people also tend to trust those who bear a greater facial resemblance to themselves, possibly due to kin selection-based evolutionary mechanisms and perceived relatedness.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2002.2034</ref> | DeBruine (2002) found that people also tend to trust those who bear a greater facial resemblance to themselves, possibly due to kin selection-based evolutionary mechanisms and perceived relatedness.<ref>https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rspb.2002.2034</ref> | ||