Intelligence of Overweight Females

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This study explores the perceptions of a sample of 30 male and female collegiate students of the intelligence levels of observed females perceived by the sample subjects to be overweight. The author uses a convenience sample of 30 students present on a college campus, who complete a survey questionnaire after observing a female; cross-tabulation of the data is presented. This study concludes that people tend to make judgments concerning individual traits of persons whom they do not know based irrelevant factors.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Review of Literature
Theoretical Background
Hypotheses
Sample Selection
Data Collection Method
Procedure
Results
Discussion
Summary
Appendix: Survey Questionnaire

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"A number of models explain perception. The major difference between these models is the significance accorded in them to social influence. The social constructionist model accords the greatest level of importance to social influence, followed in order by the interactionist model and the organismic in according significance in the formation of perceptions to social influences. The organismic model posits that, in the development of perceptions, "social influences enter in only to elicit feeling, and to regulate expression." The interactionist model builds on the base of the organismic model to posit that social factors "enter not simply before and after but interactively during the experience of emotion." Thus, the interactionist model recognizes more "points of social entry" than are recognized by the organismic model."

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