Who do you believe, a Beard or a Suit?

[Ichingcarpenter]

Poll question: Who do you believe, a Beard or a Suit?

Who do you believe?

The casual guy with beard and open-necked shirt
The lean, smooth, designer-glasses and all-in-black type
The business-like, short-haired, serious suit-and-tie
Or maybe a different kind of man-in-jacket, older and rounder, more avuncular





What cultural cognition means is that people form perceptions about the facts mostly in line with their existing values and cultural types - of which appearance is one part.


I will report later after some votes pile up.

[ellisonz]

1. I think it has more to do with facial features.

Especially smiling and eye contact.

[LARED]

2. They both look dishonest to me nt

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Interesting so you voted both?

[LARED]

6. I did not vote. The poll only asked who I would believe.

I would not beleive either based on how they look in that picture.

[No Elephants]

4. It 's the dudes, not the duds. One guy looks a lot more engaging and personable than the other.

So, I don't know how to vote.

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Ahh.........

more on the article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15673359

[MADem]

5. How about a persuasive woman like Elizabeth Warren instead?

I would guess that the beard would do better in the Middle East, North Africa and SW Asia, and the clean shaven face do better in Europe, America, Canada, Australia, Russia etc. Mexico, central America, and South America might split the difference, and like a good moustache.

That's just a guess, though.

[MichaelMcGuire]

7. What a poll without nether.

[MichaelMcGuire]

9. One looks like..

He'd try and sale me a iMac and the other like some high street bank manager both are tossers.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Its the same guy

[MichaelMcGuire]

11. wow really....

Are you sure?

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. See my Ahh. for links and story n/t

[Scuba]

12. What about a bearded guy in a suit?

[dipsydoodle]

15. Or a bearded woman.

:shrug:

[Scuba]

17. I would totally trust her. n/t

[dipsydoodle]

14. Circumstances dictate that.

Generally speaking your impression of somebody is kinda set with 30 seconds of first meeting and speaking with them.

Ex-photocopier salesman speaking. :rofl:

[octothorpe]

16. What you don't see, is that the guy in the suit isn't wearing any pants and his socks don't match.

So I'd obviously pick him.



The bearded guy looks 'nicer' in the picture, but that's just because he's smiling. We all know assholes who smile... For all we know, he could be smiling because he just kicked a homeless woman and fired father of six because he took a bathroom break. So even if my gut says the guy in the left looks nicer and more honest, I know that it's not a valid assumption.

[HappyMe]

18. Both and/or neither.

I would have to meet the guy in person. Then it would depend on what they had to say, and their demeanor while saying it.

[SmileyRose]

19. Appearance is really the smallest part on how I decide.

there are so many un-namable factors that go into a split second judgement about someone's trustworthiness. For me raw appearance is about the smallest of the factors. It tends to come into play mostly when the appearance is out of place with the surroundings - and even then it's not a deciding factor for me.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

20. Neither of those photos inclines me to trust.

I don't know who they actually are, but my immediate responses are "celebrity academic, with the emphasis on celebrity rather than academic" and "actor, playing the role of stereotypical Evil Businessman #2, or possibly the traitor in a spy movie".

Who are they really?

[LWolf]

21. Neither.

I generally don't base my evaluation on what someone looks like. It's what they do. The content of their character.

My students, family, and friends are often disappointed if I don't notice or comment on new clothes, hair cuts, styles or color, etc..

I also don't necessarily "believe" anybody.

What does that mean about my cultural cognition?

[Iggo]

22. Same guy. So neither.