Shoes as a source of first impressions

Gillath, Omri; Bahns, Angela J.; Ge, Fiona; Crandall, Christian S.

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2012.04.003

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“…Such zero-acquaintance judgments (Kenny & West, 2008) are made possible by the presence of personality-related cues, such as facial expressions (Kenny, Horner, Kashy, & Chu, 1992), physical appearance (Borkenau & Liebler, 1992;Naumann et al, 2009), choices of footwear (Gillath et al, 2012), living environment (Gosling et al, 2002), musical preferences (Rentfrow & Gosling, 2006), and linguistic patterns (Holleran & Mehl, 2008;Mehl, Gosling, & Pennebaker, 2006;Qiu, Lin, Ramsay, et al, 2012).…”

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“…For example, extraverts' offices are warm, decorated, and inviting, conscientious individuals have neat and well-organized bedrooms, and those who are open to experiences have a great variety of books and magazines in their bedrooms (Gosling, Ko, Mannarelli, & Morris, 2002). Conscientious individuals are less likely to wear high-top shoes, while emotionally stable individuals are more likely to wear shoes with brand names (Gillath, Bahns, Ge, & Crandall, 2012). Studies have also found cues such as facial expression and body posture in photos that are related to personality (e.g., Borkenau, Brecke, Möttig, & Paelecke, 2009;Naumann, Vazire, Rentfrow, & Gosling, 2009).…”

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“…In other work, a similar sample of naive observers was able to accurately discern the social class of participants after viewing a selection of profile photographs from Facebook.com (Kraus et al, 2013;Rheinschmidt, Kraus, & Keltner, 2014). In a study examining sartorial symbols, a sample of naive judges was able to accurately discern a person's income and a host of other person ality characteristics based only on a standardized photograph of the person's shoes (Gillath et al, 2012).…”

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Sartorial symbols of social class elicit class-consistent behavioral and physiological responses: A dyadic approach.

Kraus¹,

Mendes²

2014

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

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Social rank in human and nonhuman animals is signaled by a variety of behaviors and phenotypes. In this research, we examined whether a sartorial manipulation of social class would engender class-consistent behavior and physiology during dyadic interactions. Male participants donned clothing that signaled either upper-class (business-suit) or lower-class (sweatpants) rank prior to engaging in a modified negotiation task with another participant unaware of the clothing manipulation. Wearing upper-class, compared to lower-class, clothing induced dominance--measured in terms of negotiation profits and concessions, and testosterone levels--in participants. Upper-class clothing also elicited increased vigilance in perceivers of these symbols: Relative to perceiving lower-class symbols, perceiving upper-class symbols increased vagal withdrawal, reduced perceptions of social power, and catalyzed physiological contagion such that perceivers' sympathetic nervous system activation followed that of the upper-class target. Discussion focuses on the dyadic process of social class signaling within social interactions.

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“…[24][25][26][27][28] As the functional characteristics of running shoes reach satisfactory levels, customer concern with the aesthetic aspects of shoe appearance have increased. According to Gillatha et al, 29 sports shoes play an important role in reflecting a person's social position, and in some instances their status.…”

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A comparative study on perceptual evaluations of sports shoe exterior colors in Taiwan

Shieh

Yeh

2014

Color Research & Application

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We investigated consumer psychology, perception, and aesthetics in relation to sports shoe colors in Taiwan. Semantic differential rating (three emotional adjective pairs) and preference rating questionnaires were distributed among 512 university students to investigate whether their responses to various sports shoe colors differed. The results show that black is one of the most popular colors for sports shoes. The participants preferred designs that incorporated white as the secondary color and disliked those that featured green as the main and secondary colors. In addition, designs incorporating black or red as the main color with a bright color as the secondary color were considered modern. Black and white designs were perceived to be more suited to formal occasions. Furthermore, when the area of the main color exceeded that of the secondary color, the participants perceived a strong sense of simplicity, unless the colors were blue and green. The participants preferred two-color over one-color designs, and three-color designs had a higher correlation with participant preferences. Women required more time than men to evaluate a sample. The men typically examined the samples from a frontal angle, whereas the women focused on the sides of the sample. The scoring scale was polarized (e.g., highest score for modern was 210 and 10 for retro), rendering the values of the Pearson correlation coefficient analysis comparatively low, resulting in weak correlations between variables. However, the relative differences of these values retained referential value regarding objective quantification.

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Shoes as a source of first impressions

Cited by 134 publications

References 41 publications

What does your selfie say about you?

What does your selfie say about you?

Sartorial symbols of social class elicit class-consistent behavioral and physiological responses: A dyadic approach.

A comparative study on perceptual evaluations of sports shoe exterior colors in Taiwan

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