how smart doesyourprofileimagelook? … · 2020. 5. 4. · high mi & high pi • do not like to...

How smart does your profile image look?Estimating intelligence from social

network profile images

Xingjie Wei1,2 andDavidStillwell1

PsychometricsCentre1,UniversityofCambridge,UKSchoolofManagement2,UniversityofBath,UK

x.wei@bath.ac.ukhttp://xingjiewei.me

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Canauser’sintelligencebeinferredfromsocialnetworkprofileimages?

IntelligenceMeasured intelligence (MI)Perceived intelligence (PI)

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Research questions

• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?• Can computers make such judgments?

• What visual elements an intelligent personwill use?• What visual elements make a person perceived tobe intelligent?

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myPersonality database• 1,122 users took an IQ testand provided FB profileimages• 739 human raters rated the 1,122 images

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Research questions

• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?

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Research questions

• Can humans make intelligence judgments forothers from profile images ?• Wefounddifferentpeoplehaverelativelyconsistentjudgements andsuchjudgements areassociatedwithMIforbothmenandwomen

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Research questions

• Can computers make such judgments?• Wefoundthatintelligenceestimationfromprofileimagesisadifficulttaskevenforhumans,butitispossibletoequalhumans’accuracyusingalgorithmswhilealsohavingthepotentialtoreducebiasedjudgements.

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Research questions

• What visual elements an intelligent personwill use?• What visual elements make a person perceived tobe intelligent?

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HighMI&highPI• donotliketousethecolourpink,purpleorred,andimagesareusuallylessdiversifiedincolour,moreclearintexture,andcontainlessskinarea

HighMI• liketousethecolourgreen,andhavefewer faces,butthisdoesnotaffecthowothersjudgethem

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Intelligentpeopleunderstandthataprofilepictureismosteffectivewhenitshowssingleperson,captured

infocus,andwithanunclutteredbackground

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HighMI&highPI• donotliketousethecolourpink,purpleorred,andimagesareusuallylessdiversifiedincolour,moreclearintexture,andcontainlessskinarea

HighMI• likeusethecolourgreen,andhavefewer faces,butthisdoesnotaffecthowothersjudgethem

Inaccuratestereotypes-correlatedwithPIbutnotMI:• moregreyandwhite,butlessbrownandgreen,withhigherchromaticpurity,smilingandwearingglasses,andfacesataproperdistancefromthecamera,makepeoplelookintelligentnomatterhowsmarttheyreallyare

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Possibleapplication

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Nicepic!PutitinyourCV!

Hotpic!Putitindatingapp!

Cometoseemyposterandaskquestions!

• Xingjie Wei• UniversityofBath• x.wei@bath.ac.uk• http://xingjiewei.me

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