similarities and differences in chinese and caucasian adults use of facial cues for trustworthiness judgments相似和不同在中国和白人成人使用面部表情的可信赖性的判断.pdfVIP

Similarities and Differences in Chinese and Caucasian Adults’ Use of Facial Cues for Trustworthiness Judgments 1 2 ¤ 3 1 4 3,5 Fen Xu *, Dingcheng Wu * , Rie Toriyama , Fengling Ma , Shoji Itakura , Kang Lee * 1 Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China, 2 State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 3 Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 4 Department of Psychology, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 5 Department of Psychology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America Abstract Background: All cultural groups in the world place paramount value on interpersonal trust. Existing research suggests that although accurate judgments of another’s trustworthiness require extensive interactions with the person, we often make trustworthiness judgments based on facial cues on the first encounter. However, little is known about what facial cues are used for such judgments and what the bases are on which individuals make their trustworthiness judgments. Methodology/Principal Findings: In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that individuals may use facial attractiveness cues as a ‘‘shortcut’’ for judging another’s trustworthiness due to the lack of other more informative and in- depth information about trustworthiness. Using data-driven statistical models of 3D Caucasian faces, we compared facial cues used for judging the trustworthiness of Caucasian faces by Caucasian participants who were highly experienced with Caucasian faces, and the facial cues used by Chinese participants who were unfamiliar with Ca