{"id":9181,"date":"2015-10-22T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T06:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/?p=9181"},"modified":"2015-10-22T07:45:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T06:45:20","slug":"new-research-shows-that-wearing-glasses-can-positively-affect-how-people-perceive-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selectspecs.com\/blog\/new-research-shows-that-wearing-glasses-can-positively-affect-how-people-perceive-you\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Shows That Wearing Glasses Can Positively Affect How People Perceive You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wearing glasses can dramatically change your appearance, and the right pair<\/a> will\u00a0highlight your\u00a0features and make you feel good.<\/p>\n

However, there is now evidence that being a spectacles-wearer can also change the perspectives of those around you.\u00a0The historical stereotype<\/a>\u00a0is,\u00a0of course,\u00a0that\u00a0people who wear glasses are more intelligent. I call this the “specs effect”, and it can be used to your advantage – for example, it’s now recommended that you wear your\u00a0specs on for a job interview as it makes you look smarter!<\/p>\n

A\u00a0number of\u00a0recent studies<\/a>\u00a0in psychology have\u00a0explored this myth further, to try and understand our bias. \u00a0One\u00a0study\u00a0included 76 participants,who rated 78 different facial images for six different personality traits.<\/p>\n

The image set included 26 images of faces without glasses, 26 images of faces with full-rimmed glasses, and 26 images of faces with rimless glasses. All the images were ranked\u00a0by all of the participants and they\u00a0had to decide the\u00a0success, intelligence, trustworthiness, attractiveness, likability, and cooperativeness of the different faces on the basis of the image alone!<\/p>\n

This study provided no background information\u00a0to the participants about the\u00a0images, in order to learn more about\u00a0their preconceived ideas and stereotypes of the types of\u00a0people who wear glasses.<\/p>\n

\"Colin-Firth-Kingsman\"<\/p>\n

The results were very interesting; there was no bias towards faces with rimless glasses<\/a>,\u00a0therefore\u00a0their ranking did not differ from faces without glasses\u00a0for\u00a0attractiveness or likability – you are scientifically just as gorgeous whilst wearing\u00a0your rimless specs<\/a>\u00a0as you are without them. However, you also appear more trustworthy, intelligent and successful in them, so you’re officially perceived as a “better” version of you.<\/p>\n

In fact, this study showed that all individuals, regardless of sartorial choices, were\u00a0ranked as more successful and more intelligent-looking, than the other photographs of people\u00a0who were not wearing glasses.\u00a0The results of the studies genuinely show that glasses do have a real effect upon how you are evaluated by other people, and that this impact is positive.<\/p>\n

But why do people preferentially rate people who wear glasses as more successful, trustworthy and intelligent? We need to look back into the past\u00a0to understand this. Historically, people who were educated, wealthy or academics\u00a0were more likely to be glasses-wearers<\/a>, but also there might be some self-selection at play.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the individuals\u00a0who wore\u00a0glasses whilst they were growing up, were more likely to spend time reading and studying, than to\u00a0risk breaking their specs on the sports field?<\/p>\n

\"hawkings\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, another study from the University Medical Center in Germany investigated 4,600 short-sighted\u00a0Germans between the ages of 35 and 74. Their study showed that about 53% of their participants\u00a0had completed a degree, a very large proportion, even for a European nation!<\/p>\n

This is just one piece of research though, and it is unlikely that your intelligence is determined by your glasses. However, I think it’s best to be on the safe side, so\u00a0I’ll be wearing my favourite pair of glasses at my next study group!<\/p>\n

Leder, H., Forster, M., & Gerger, G. (2015). The glasses stereotype revisited.Swiss Journal of Psychology\/Schweizerische Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Psychologie\/Revue Suisse de Psychologie<\/i>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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