The perceived benefits of height: strength, dominance, social concern, and knowledge among Bolivian native Amazonians.

PloS One
Eduardo A UndurragaRicardo A Godoy

Abstract

Research in industrial countries suggests that, with no other knowledge about a person, positive traits are attributed to taller people and correspondingly, that taller people have slightly better socioeconomic status (SES). However, research in some non-industrialized contexts has shown no correlation or even negative correlations between height and socioeconomic outcomes. It remains unclear whether positive traits remain attributed to taller people in such contexts. To address this question, here we report the results of a study in a foraging-farming society of native Amazonians in Bolivia (Tsimane')--a group in which we have previously shown little association between height and socioeconomic outcomes. We showed 24 photographs of pairs of Tsimane' women, men, boys, and girls to 40 women and 40 men >16 years of age. We presented four behavioral scenarios to each participant and asked them to point to the person in the photograph with greater strength, dominance, social concern, or knowledge. The pairs in the photographs were of the same sex and age, but one person was shorter. Tsimane' women and men attributed greater strength, dominance, and knowledge to taller girls and boys, but they did not attribute most positive traits ...Continue Reading

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Dec 10, 2013·American Journal of Physical Anthropology·Susan TannerUNKNOWN TAPS Bolivia Study Team
Dec 4, 2019·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Piotr SorokowskiKatarzyna Pisanski
Jun 19, 2019·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Tobias L KordsmeyerLars Penke
Sep 14, 2017·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Eduardo A UndurragaRicardo A Godoy

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