Table 1. Example of facial features for the four women appearing in a quartet in Study 2.
Facial features | |||||
Women (hypothesis) | Eyes | Chin dimple | Hair | Eyebrows | Lips |
Woman 1 (homogamous) | light | no | dark | thick | thin |
Woman 2 (heterogamous) | dark | yes | light | thin | thick |
Woman 3 (recessivity) | light | no | light | thin | thin |
Woman 4 (dominance) | dark | yes | dark | thick | thick |
The rater’s traits were recorded in the computer program. Then, the four faces of the same virtual woman were presented, depending on the rater’s own traits (see figure 2). An example for a rater with light eyes, no chin dimple, dark hair, thick eyebrows and thin lips.