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Sizing Up The Competition: Influence Of Weight On Intelligence Perception, Leslie Colbert, Haylee Garland

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Prejudice and discrimination is common for overweight individuals of both genders, and can sometimes come in the form of negative evaluations of intelligence. It has been shown that overweight people, especially women, are rated as less attractive than those of average weight or that are underweight (Wilson, Tripp, & Boland, 2005). Discrimination in employment settings is also common for people that are overweight, as they are often less likely to be hired compared to other applicants (Grant & Mizzi, 2014). Overweight women were more often the victims of discrimination in hiring situations, seen as less qualified than other candidates (Pingitore, …

Intelligence And Attractiveness: Do Better Grades Cause And Assumption Of Attractiveness?, Blake Bowen, Rebekah Holiman

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A study in 1978 discovered that teachers tended to favor more attractive students when evaluating their academic work. (Demeis & Turner, 1978.).

In the United States, attractiveness is positively correlated with intelligence. (r=.126) (Kanizawa, 2011)

Another study indicated that the actual quality of academic work is not necessarily linked to the grade given on the assignment. (Begany, et al. 2008)

Are college students likely to assume attractiveness based on the quality of academic work? Would a letter grade of varying quality on the paper affect this assumption?

Our hypothesis was that participants would more frequently indicate an attractive student as …