Stereotypical M-F as Related to two Szondi Test Assumptions

Abstract

To determine whether degree of liking for photographed faces (L-D) is related to tested masculinity-femininity (M-F) of persons portrayed, or whether, instead, L-D is related only to the M-F stimulus values of photographs (stereotypical M-F), 60 photographs of males of known M-F were Q-sorted, in terms of L-D, by 220 Ss. Only one of 220 rs between L-D Q-sorts and “true” M-F was significant at the .01 level, but 46 of 220 rs between L-D Q-sorts and stereotypical M-F were significant at the .01 level. The findings appear to contradict the Szondi Test assumption that “true” personality differences are perceived as a basis for liking or disliking photographed faces. To determine whether Ss whose L-D Q-sorts are positively related to their M-F Q-sorts can be differentiated in terms of their own M-F scores from Ss for whom no such positive relationship occurs, 36 males and 50 females were asked to make L-D Q-sorts and M-F Q-sorts of the same set of photographs and to take the Terman-Miles Attitude-Interest Analysis Test. Findings supported the hypothesis that personality characteristics of Ss are related to their liking for faces in which such characteristics are perceived.

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