Reading Faces: Window To The Soul?

by Leslie Zebrowitz

Overview

This book provides the systematic, scientific account of people's tendency to judge people by their appearance and not by face. It offers an in-depth discussion of two appearance qualities that influence people's impressions of others—"baby-faceness" and "attractiveness".

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367320133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/27/2019
Series:	New Directions in Social Psychology
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Leslie A. Zebrowitz is Manuel Yellen Professor of Social Relations and professor of psychology at Brandeis University.

Table of Contents

Preface — Judging a Book by Its Cover — What's in a Face? — The Bases of Reading Faces — A Baby's Face Is Disarming — The Boons and the Banes of a Babyface — Analyzing Attractiveness — The Advantages of Attractiveness — Formative Faces and Pulchritudinous Personalities — Phasing Out Face Effects — Unmasking the Face