Harvey Black

REFERRAL RATE AND PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS IN THIRD-GRADE CHILDREN

Rates of referrals for psychological assessment, speech, reading, and learning disability were studied in third-grade children. Over-all, boys were referred more than girls and the children judged as physically attractive by ratings of photographs received significantly more referrals than their less attractive classmates. Differential consequences of appearance on interpersonal responsiveness are discussed with particular emphasis upon access to intervention programs as a function of appearance.

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND THE JUDGMENT OF LEADERSHIP

A 2×2×2 factorial design was used to investigate the effects of (a) nonverbal communication, (b) sensory modality of presentation, and (c) sex of subject on person perceptions. Analysis of variance using Factor I (“Leadership”) scores indicated a significant main effect for nonverbal communication for 55 college students.

Social Roles and Sex Differences in Gilding

The results indicated that gilding or communicative behavior intended by the communicator to falsify what he actually believes to be “true” was perceived in all phases of everyday life. These results suggest the ubiquity of gilding which emerged from the findings that the incumbents of all of the 20 roles were perceived as distorting what they believe to be “true.”