Perceptual distortion of height as a function of ascribed academic status.

Perceptual distortion of height as a function of ascribed academic status.

by P R Wilson

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The Journal of social psychology (1968)

Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 97-102

PubMed: 5640254

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Abstract

A study to determine whether perceptual judgment of height would be influenced by the ascribed academic status of a stimulus figure. 5 separate groups of 22 students were asked to estimate the height of a man presented before them whose academic status changed with each of the 5 groups. As a control, ss also estimated the height of their course director whose status remained constant over all groups of ss. Results indicate that as ascribed academic status increased, students' estimation of height increased.