Langlois Social Development Lab

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*This research is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD Grant #HD021332.

Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (in press). Children and adults use attractiveness as a social cue in real people and avatars. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (2012). Shifting the prototype: Experience with faces influences affective and attractiveness preferences. Social Cognition, 30(1), 109-120. doi: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.1.109. PDF Version (488K)

Principe, C. P., Rosen, L. H., Taylor-Partridge, T. & Langlois, J. H. (2012). Attractiveness differences between twins predicts evaluations of self and co-twin. Self and Identity. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2012.655895. PDF Version (304K)

Rosen, L. H., Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (in press). Feedback seeking in early adolescence: Self-enhancement or self-verification? The Journal of Early Adolescence.

Principe, C. P. & Langlois, J. H. (2011). Faces differing in attractiveness elicit corresponding affective responses. Cognition and Emotion, 25(1), 140-148. doi: 10.1080/02699931003612098

Rennels, J. L., Bronstad, P. M., & Langlois, J. H., (2008). Are attractive men's faces masculine or feminine? The importance of type of facial stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34(4), 884-893. PDF Version (156K)

Bronstad, P. M., Langlois, J. H. & Russel, R. (2008). Computational models of facial attractiveness judgments. Perception, 37 126-142. PDF Version (408K)

Ramsey-Rennels, J.L., & Langlois, J. H. (2006). Infants' differential processing of female and male faces. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15(2), 59-62. PDF Version (64K)

Griffin, A. M. & Langlois, J. H. (2006). Stereotype directionality and attractiveness stereotyping: Is beauty good or is ugly bad? Social Cognition, 24(2), 212-246. PDF Version (216K)

Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., & Marti, N.C. (2005). Infant categorization of faces: Ladies first. Developmental Review, 25, 212-246. PDF Version (581K)

Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., Hoss, R. A., Rubenstein, A. J., & Griffin, A. (2004). Origins of a Stereotype: Categorization of Facial Attractiveness by 6-Month-Old Infants. Developmental Science, 7, 201-211. PDF Version (116K) © Blackwell Publishing.

Hoss, R. A., Ramsey, J. L., Griffin, A. M., & Langlois, J. H., (2004). The role of facial attractiveness and facial masculinity/femininity in sex classification of faces. Perception, 34, 1459-1474. PDF Version (496K)

Hoss, R. A., & Langlois, J. H. (2003). Infants prefer attractive faces. In O. Pascalis & A. Slater (Eds.), The development of face processing in infancy and early childhood: Current perspectives (pp. 27-38). New York: Nova Science Publishers. PDF Version (382K)

Ramsey, J.L., & Langlois, J.H. (2002). How infants perceive faces. In M. Lewis & A. Slater (Eds.), Introduction to Infant Development. Oxford University Press.

Rubenstein, A.J., Langlois, J.H., & Roggman, L.A. (2002). What makes a face attractive and why: The role of averageness in defining facial beauty. In G. Rhodes & L.A. Zebrowitz (Eds.), Facial attractiveness: Evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives. Ablex: Westport, CT. PDF Version (9.5 MB) © Ablex.

Ramsey, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2002). Effects of the "beauty is good" stereotype on children's information processing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 81, 320-340. PDF Version (148K) © Elsevier.

Langlois, J. H., Kalakanis, L., Rubenstein, A. J., Larson, A., Hallam, M., & Smoot, M. (2000). Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 390-423. PDF Version (2.2 MB) © American Psychological Association.

Rubenstein, A.J., Kalakanis, L., & Langlois, J. H. (1999). Infant preferences for attractive faces: A cognitive explanation. Developmental Psychology, 35, 848-855. PDF Version (1.4 MB) © American Psychological Association.

The Science of the Face (1998). Scottish National Portrait Gallery, March-August, 1998, Edinburgh. Abstracted in The Psychologist, 11, 120-125.

Kalick, S.M., Zebrowitz, L.A., Langlois, J. H., & Johnson, R. M. (1998). Does human facial attractiveness honestly advertise health? Longitudinal data on an evolutionary question. Psychological Science, 9, 8-13. PDF Version (52K) © American Psychological Society.

Langlois, J.H., & Musselman, L. (1995). The myths and mysteries of beauty. In D.R. Calhoun (Ed.), 1996 Yearbook of Science and the Future (pp. 40-61). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.

Langlois, J.H. (1995). The origins and functions of appearance-based stereotypes: Theoretical and applied implications (pp. 22-47). In R. Eder, (Ed.), Craniofacial anomalies: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Langlois, J. H., Ritter, J. M., Casey, R. J., & Sawin, D. B. (1995). Infant attractiveness predicts maternal behaviors and attitudes. Developmental Psychology, 31, 464-472. PDF Version (1.3 MB) © American Psychological Association.

Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., & Musselman, L. (1994). What is average and what is not average about attractive faces? Psychological Science, 5, 214-220. PDF Version (692K) © American Psychological Society.

Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Musselman, L., & Acton, S. (1991). A picture is worth a thousand words: Reply to "On the difficulty of averaging faces." Psychological Science, 2, 354-357.

Ritter, J.M., Casey, R.J., & Langlois, J.H. (1991). Adults' responses to infants varying in appearance of age and attractiveness. Child Development, 62, 68-82.

Langlois, J. H., Ritter, J. M., Roggman, L.A., & Vaughn, L.S. (1991). Facial diversity and infant preferences for attractive faces. Developmental Psychology, 27, 79-84. PDF Version (600K) © American Psychological Association.

Langlois, J. H., & Roggman, L. A. (1990). Attractive faces are only average. Psychological Science, 1, 115-121. PDF Version (892K) © American Psychological Society.

Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Rieser-Danner, L.A. (1990). Infants' differential social responses to attractive and unattractive faces. Developmental Psychology, 26, 153-159. PDF Version (860K) © American Psychological Association.

Ritter, J. M., & Langlois, J. H. (1988). The role of physical attractiveness in the observation of adult-child interactions: Eye of the beholder or behavioral reality? Developmental Psychology, 24, 254-263.

Rieser-Danner, L. A., Roggman, L. A., & Langlois, J. H. (1987). Infant attractiveness and perceived temperament in the prediction of attachment classifications. Infant Mental Health Journal, 8, 144-155.

Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Casey, R. J., Ritter, J. M., Rieser-Danner, L. A., & Jenkins, V.Y. (1987). Infant preferences for attractive faces: Rudiments of a stereotype? Developmental Psychology, 23, 363-369.

Langlois, J.H. (1986). From the eye of the beholder to behavioral reality: The development of social behaviors and social relations as a function of physical appearance. In C.P. Herman, M.P. Zanna, & E.T. Higgins (Eds.), Physical appearance, stigma, and social behavior: The Ontario symposium on Personality and Social Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Stephan, C. W., & Langlois, J. H. (1984). Baby beautiful: Adult attributions of infant competence as a function of infant attractiveness. Child Development, 55, 576-585.

Vaughn, B. E., & Langlois, J. H. (1983). Physical attractiveness as a correlate of peer status and social competence in preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 19, 561-567.

Langlois, J.H., & Stephan, C. (1981). Beauty and the beast: The role of physical attractiveness in the development of peer relations and social behavior. In S.S. Brehm, S.M. Kass, & F.X. Gibbons (Eds.), Developmental Social Psychology: Theory and Research (pp. 152-168). New York: Oxford University Press.

Stephan, C. W., & Langlois, J. H. (1980). Physical attractiveness and ethnicity: Implications for stereotyping and social development. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 137, 303-304.

Langlois, J. H., & Styczynski, L. E. (1979). The effects of physical attractiveness on the behavioral attributions and peer preferences of acquainted children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2, 325-341.

Langlois, J. H., & Downs, A. C. (1979). Peer relations as a function of physical attractiveness: The eye of the beholder or behavioral reality? Child Development, 50, 409-418.

Langlois, J. H. & Stephan, C. (1977). The effects of physical attractiveness and ethnicity on children's behavioral attributions and peer preferences. Child Development, 48, 1694-1698.

Styczynski, L. E., & Langlois, J. H. (1977). The effects of familiarity on behavioral stereotypes associated with physical attractiveness in young children. Child Development, 48, 1137-1141.



	The papers below are intended for educational use only and are subject to all applicable copyright laws. They are available for download in .pdf format and will require Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view. You may download the program at no charge. This research is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NICHD Grant #HD021332. 2012* Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (in press). Children and adults use attractiveness as a social cue in real people and avatars. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (2012). Shifting the prototype: Experience with faces influences affective and attractiveness preferences. Social Cognition, 30(1), 109-120. doi: 10.1521/soco.2012.30.1.109. PDF Version (488K) Principe, C. P., Rosen, L. H., Taylor-Partridge, T. & Langlois, J. H. (2012). Attractiveness differences between twins predicts evaluations of self and co-twin. Self and Identity. doi: 10.1080/15298868.2012.655895. PDF Version (304K) Rosen, L. H., Principe, C. P., & Langlois, J. H. (in press). Feedback seeking in early adolescence: Self-enhancement or self-verification? The Journal of Early Adolescence. 2011 Principe, C. P. & Langlois, J. H. (2011). Faces differing in attractiveness elicit corresponding affective responses. Cognition and Emotion, 25(1), 140-148. doi: 10.1080/02699931003612098 2008 Rennels, J. L., Bronstad, P. M., & Langlois, J. H., (2008). Are attractive men's faces masculine or feminine? The importance of type of facial stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 34(4), 884-893. PDF Version (156K) Bronstad, P. M., Langlois, J. H. & Russel, R. (2008). Computational models of facial attractiveness judgments. Perception, 37 126-142. PDF Version (408K) 2006 Ramsey-Rennels, J.L., & Langlois, J. H. (2006). Infants' differential processing of female and male faces. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15(2), 59-62. PDF Version (64K) Griffin, A. M. & Langlois, J. H. (2006). Stereotype directionality and attractiveness stereotyping: Is beauty good or is ugly bad? Social Cognition, 24(2), 212-246. PDF Version (216K) 2005 to 2000 Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., & Marti, N.C. (2005). Infant categorization of faces: Ladies first. Developmental Review, 25, 212-246. PDF Version (581K) Ramsey, J. L., Langlois, J. H., Hoss, R. A., Rubenstein, A. J., & Griffin, A. (2004). Origins of a Stereotype: Categorization of Facial Attractiveness by 6-Month-Old Infants. Developmental Science, 7, 201-211. PDF Version (116K) © Blackwell Publishing. Hoss, R. A., Ramsey, J. L., Griffin, A. M., & Langlois, J. H., (2004). The role of facial attractiveness and facial masculinity/femininity in sex classification of faces. Perception, 34, 1459-1474. PDF Version (496K) Hoss, R. A., & Langlois, J. H. (2003). Infants prefer attractive faces. In O. Pascalis & A. Slater (Eds.), The development of face processing in infancy and early childhood: Current perspectives (pp. 27-38). New York: Nova Science Publishers. PDF Version (382K) Ramsey, J.L., & Langlois, J.H. (2002). How infants perceive faces. In M. Lewis & A. Slater (Eds.), Introduction to Infant Development. Oxford University Press. Rubenstein, A.J., Langlois, J.H., & Roggman, L.A. (2002). What makes a face attractive and why: The role of averageness in defining facial beauty. In G. Rhodes & L.A. Zebrowitz (Eds.), Facial attractiveness: Evolutionary, cognitive, and social perspectives. Ablex: Westport, CT. PDF Version (9.5 MB) © Ablex. Ramsey, J. L., & Langlois, J. H. (2002). Effects of the "beauty is good" stereotype on children's information processing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 81, 320-340. PDF Version (148K) © Elsevier. Langlois, J. H., Kalakanis, L., Rubenstein, A. J., Larson, A., Hallam, M., & Smoot, M. (2000). Maxims or myths of beauty? A meta-analytic and theoretical review. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 390-423. PDF Version (2.2 MB) © American Psychological Association. 1999 and Earlier Rubenstein, A.J., Kalakanis, L., & Langlois, J. H. (1999). Infant preferences for attractive faces: A cognitive explanation. Developmental Psychology, 35, 848-855. PDF Version (1.4 MB) © American Psychological Association. The Science of the Face (1998). Scottish National Portrait Gallery, March-August, 1998, Edinburgh. Abstracted in The Psychologist, 11, 120-125. Kalick, S.M., Zebrowitz, L.A., Langlois, J. H., & Johnson, R. M. (1998). Does human facial attractiveness honestly advertise health? Longitudinal data on an evolutionary question. Psychological Science, 9, 8-13. PDF Version (52K) © American Psychological Society. Langlois, J.H. (1996). The question of beauty. Discovery, 14, 7-12. Langlois, J.H., & Musselman, L. (1995). The myths and mysteries of beauty. In D.R. Calhoun (Ed.), 1996 Yearbook of Science and the Future (pp. 40-61). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. Langlois, J.H. (1995). The origins and functions of appearance-based stereotypes: Theoretical and applied implications (pp. 22-47). In R. Eder, (Ed.), Craniofacial anomalies: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Springer-Verlag. Langlois, J. H., Ritter, J. M., Casey, R. J., & Sawin, D. B. (1995). Infant attractiveness predicts maternal behaviors and attitudes. Developmental Psychology, 31, 464-472. PDF Version (1.3 MB) © American Psychological Association. Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., & Musselman, L. (1994). What is average and what is not average about attractive faces? Psychological Science, 5, 214-220. PDF Version (692K) © American Psychological Society. Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Musselman, L., & Acton, S. (1991). A picture is worth a thousand words: Reply to "On the difficulty of averaging faces." Psychological Science, 2, 354-357. Ritter, J.M., Casey, R.J., & Langlois, J.H. (1991). Adults' responses to infants varying in appearance of age and attractiveness. Child Development, 62, 68-82. Langlois, J. H., Ritter, J. M., Roggman, L.A., & Vaughn, L.S. (1991). Facial diversity and infant preferences for attractive faces. Developmental Psychology, 27, 79-84. PDF Version (600K) © American Psychological Association. Langlois, J. H., & Roggman, L. A. (1990). Attractive faces are only average. Psychological Science, 1, 115-121. PDF Version (892K) © American Psychological Society. Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Rieser-Danner, L.A. (1990). Infants' differential social responses to attractive and unattractive faces. Developmental Psychology, 26, 153-159. PDF Version (860K) © American Psychological Association. Ritter, J. M., & Langlois, J. H. (1988). The role of physical attractiveness in the observation of adult-child interactions: Eye of the beholder or behavioral reality? Developmental Psychology, 24, 254-263. Rieser-Danner, L. A., Roggman, L. A., & Langlois, J. H. (1987). Infant attractiveness and perceived temperament in the prediction of attachment classifications. Infant Mental Health Journal, 8, 144-155. Langlois, J. H., Roggman, L. A., Casey, R. J., Ritter, J. M., Rieser-Danner, L. A., & Jenkins, V.Y. (1987). Infant preferences for attractive faces: Rudiments of a stereotype? Developmental Psychology, 23, 363-369. Langlois, J.H. (1986). From the eye of the beholder to behavioral reality: The development of social behaviors and social relations as a function of physical appearance. In C.P. Herman, M.P. Zanna, & E.T. Higgins (Eds.), Physical appearance, stigma, and social behavior: The Ontario symposium on Personality and Social Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Stephan, C. W., & Langlois, J. H. (1984). Baby beautiful: Adult attributions of infant competence as a function of infant attractiveness. Child Development, 55, 576-585. Vaughn, B. E., & Langlois, J. H. (1983). Physical attractiveness as a correlate of peer status and social competence in preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 19, 561-567. Langlois, J.H., & Stephan, C. (1981). Beauty and the beast: The role of physical attractiveness in the development of peer relations and social behavior. In S.S. Brehm, S.M. Kass, & F.X. Gibbons (Eds.), Developmental Social Psychology: Theory and Research (pp. 152-168). New York: Oxford University Press. Stephan, C. W., & Langlois, J. H. (1980). Physical attractiveness and ethnicity: Implications for stereotyping and social development. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 137, 303-304. Langlois, J. H., & Styczynski, L. E. (1979). The effects of physical attractiveness on the behavioral attributions and peer preferences of acquainted children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2, 325-341. Langlois, J. H., & Downs, A. C. (1979). Peer relations as a function of physical attractiveness: The eye of the beholder or behavioral reality? Child Development, 50, 409-418. Langlois, J. H. & Stephan, C. (1977). The effects of physical attractiveness and ethnicity on children's behavioral attributions and peer preferences. Child Development, 48, 1694-1698. Styczynski, L. E., & Langlois, J. H. (1977). The effects of familiarity on behavioral stereotypes associated with physical attractiveness in young children. Child Development, 48, 1137-1141.
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