Just the other day, Robin Hanson quoted a paper that showed a 0.3 correlation between people’s judgements from photos of beauty an intelligence. So people seem to not believe in dumb blonde syndrome. It cited a survey that, if I read the abstract correctly, also observes this correlated judgement, but denies that there is an actual correlation between beauty and intelligence. RH also linked to a study which not only claims that beauty and intelligence are correlated, but that this explains the wage premium for beauty. You may recall the study a few years ago that intelligence explains the wage premium for height.
I am surprised that there is disagreement in the psychological literature about whether beauty and intelligence are correlated.
Just the other day, Robin Hanson quoted a paper that showed a 0.3 correlation between people’s judgements from photos of beauty an intelligence. So people seem to not believe in dumb blonde syndrome. It cited a survey that, if I read the abstract correctly, also observes this correlated judgement, but denies that there is an actual correlation between beauty and intelligence. RH also linked to a study which not only claims that beauty and intelligence are correlated, but that this explains the wage premium for beauty. You may recall the study a few years ago that intelligence explains the wage premium for height.
I am surprised that there is disagreement in the psychological literature about whether beauty and intelligence are correlated.