Abstract

This study intended to develop a DB of facial pictures of Korean women of twenties. For this purpose, a structure of facial pictures was explored based on the differential criteria making impressions on Korean young women. Participants rated 100 facial pictures on 7 point Likert scales consisted of personality inferences. These pictures were selected from larger samples, collected from country-wide districts. Based on multidimensional scaling, two dimensions were very effective to discriminate facial impressions of Korean young women; sharp/westernized vs. dull/oriental and masculine/tough vs. feminine/cute. These results partly replicated findings of previous studies which showed perception of babyishness and dominance might be strong criteria for facial impressions. Finally, a DB of facial pictures of Korean young women was constructed on multi-dimensions.