Reliability of “the eye of the beholder”: Effects of sex of the beholder and sex of the beheld

Abstract

The effects of the sex of the judge and the sex of the stimulus person on the intra- and interjudge reliabilities of physical attractiveness judgments were examined. All judges were more consistent in their judgments of female stimuli, while there was greater agreement between male judges than between female judges for all stimuli. The methodological and theoretical significance of these results are discussed. © 1978, The Psychonmic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.