Newell, Lisa C.
(2005)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACE EXPERTISE: THE ROLE OF RACE, DISTINCTIVENESS AND INTENTIONALITY.
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Face perception and recognition is an area of much research across infancy, childhood, and adulthood. Unfortunately, there has been a lack of integration across these areas in the past. As such, there is a need for a comprehensive review of this literature. When examined, a number of discrepancies in research findings across these areas can be identified. The current literature review and empirical investigation take a first step in reconciling discrepancies in the literature and make suggestions for future investigations to bring together these disparate areas. Five-year-old children, eight-year-old children, eleven-year-old children, and adults were tested under either incidental or intentional learning conditions for recognition of distinctive and typical own- and other-race faces. No differences were evident between the incidental and intentional learning conditions. However, evidence of a significant distinctiveness effect was found for all age groups. In addition, the cross-race effect was shown to be highly dependent on the distinctiveness of the faces. In fact, there was no evidence of a cross-race effect for the highly typical faces, while a reversal of the cross-race effect was found for the highly distinctive faces. In other words, for the highly distinctive faces, other-race faces were recognized more accurately than own-race faces, a contrast to previous research demonstrating more accurate recognition for own-race faces than other-race faces. The results from the current study suggest that the cross-race effect is more complex than previously thought and that distinctiveness is a powerful influence in face recognition across development.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
3 June 2005 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
20 December 2004 |
| Approval Date: |
3 June 2005 |
| Submission Date: |
18 April 2005 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
PhD - Doctor of Philosophy |
| Thesis Type: |
Doctoral Dissertation |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
children; distinctiveness; face recognition; incidental; intentional; race |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04182005-085151/, etd-04182005-085151 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 19:38 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:40 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7272 |
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