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This present study examined the role of social context in the visual perception of others. Judgments of status, competence, and warmth were assessed from faces paired with or without external location stimuli that varied in social status. An indicator of participants' socioeconomic status (SES), self-reported household income, was also included to examine its potential moderation of contextual ... read moreinfluences on judgments. High status cues were hypothesized to increase ratings of competence and status. Low status cues were hypothesized to decrease ratings of competence and status. Results revealed that faces paired with high status location cues had the greatest ratings of warmth, competence, status; faces paired with low status location cues had the lowest ratings. Medium level status cues had intermediary ratings when paired with medium status external cues. Furthermore, participants' SES moderated these effects. High SES participants were more sensitive to the external cues than those of medium or low SES. The findings demonstrate the influence of external location cues on judgments of status, competence, and warmth, and highlight the roles that SES and self-concept may have on social perception.read less
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