Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 513-522.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.05.01

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The Influence of Facial Dimorphism on Preschoolers'Trust: Explanation from the Perspective of Personality Label

CHEN Lijun1,2, WANG Xin1, ZHAO Lingbo1, CHEN Xin1, WANG Yiwen1,2   

  1. 1. Department of psychology, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou 350116;
    2. Institute of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Fuzhou University, Fujian, Fuzhou 350116
  • Online:2018-09-15 Published:2018-10-25

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Abstract: Sexual dimorphism in adult human faces reflect the masculinisation or feminisation of secondary sexual characteristics that occurs at puberty. This research aimed to explore if the facial dimorphism influence 4-6 years old children's trust, and used the personality label of dimorphic faces to explain preschooler's trust behaviors. In experiment 1, we revised Trust Game to explore whether the preschoolers trust was affected by the partner's facial dimorphism, and whether the trust rate decreased on the whole after encountering the negative feedback. In experiment 2, participants were asked to match the faces and the personality adjective words, This experiment aimed to confirm whether the preschoolers had different personality labels for dimorphic faces. The results showed that the preschool children had a highest rate of trust on the partners with feminine faces. If receiving negative feedback after choosing trust their partners, the preschoolers' trust rate significantly decreased in the next choice. Preschoolers tended to use the positive personality tag to understand the feminine faces and use negative words to explain the masculine faces. So, it can be concluded that Facial dimorphism affected children's trust, because they have formed the completely opposite personality label towards different dimorphic faces.

Key words: facial dimorphism, personality label, preschoolers, trust game

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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