The Language of Altruism: The Effects of Language, Dress, and Ethnic Group

Communication Length as a Function of Dress Style and Social Status

In a 2 × 2 factorial design of dress style (smart vs casual) and status (high vs low) of a male E, it was found using length of communication on a questionnaire as a dependent measure that another's style of dress had more impact on the quantity of information presented to him than did his social status for a sample of predominantly middle-aged housewives ( ns = 18, 17, 20, 20).

Effects of Uniforms on Perceptions of Pictures of Athletes

Four pairs of pictures of female athletes in or out of uniform were rated on a 7-point scale by 271 female high school students and 26 female high school teachers on the dimensions of professionalism, team spirit, coordination, natural ability, over-all ability and muscular strength. Athletes were rated more favorably when dressed in uniforms by both groups on all dimensions, although several of the comparisons failed to reach statistical significance. The strongest effects were found for the variables of total score, over-all ability, professionalism and team spirit; the weakest effects were for coordination, muscular strength and natural ability.