A study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology found that children， like adults， inherently trust good-looking people more than unattractive ones。
一份发表于《心理学前沿》杂志的研究发现，孩子和成年人一样会本能地更信任长相好看的人而非缺少魅力的人。
For the study， a team of Chinese researchers recruited groups of 8-， 10-， and 12-year-olds， with 33 to 34 kids in each group （a similarly sized group of college students served as a control）。 These pint-size volunteers viewed a series of 200 unfamiliar faces， categorizing each one as trustworthy， untrustworthy， or neither； a month later， they came back to view the same faces， this time rating them on attractiveness。
为了开展本项研究，中国研究团队招募了一群8岁、10岁和12岁大的孩子，每组33至34人（数量相当的大学生组成控制组）。小志愿者们观看了一系列200个不熟悉的面孔，将它们分为“值得信任的”、“不值得信任的”和“无法判断的”；一个月之后，他们又回来看了同样的面孔，这次根据魅力值为它们划分等级。
Across age groups， the two judgments were closely linked — the more attractive faces， in general， were also considered more trustworthy。 It‘s one more in a pile of similar findings about how kids make appearance-based judgments： Past research has shown， for example， that preschool-age children seek out more attractive peers as playmates， and that they prefer to rely on better-looking people as sources of information。 Even kids as young as 3 can read a person’s face to make assumptions about their character。
不论在哪个年龄组，这两项判断都是密切相关的——更有魅力的面孔一般会被评定为更值得信任。在此之前，已有大量类似实验，研究小孩子如何依据外表作出判断：比如，过去的研究证明，学龄前儿童会寻找更有魅力的同龄人作玩伴，而且他们更喜欢依赖长相更好看的人作为信息来源；甚至连3岁小孩都能通过看人脸来猜测别人的性格。
“The ‘beauty is good’ impression may gradually develop through children‘s daily experiences in witnessing the association between attractive individuals and trustworthy behaviors，” the authors wrote。
研究人员写道：“在孩子的日常经验中，他们会目睹有魅力的个人与值得信任的行为之间的联系，而‘美是好的’这种印象也就逐渐形成了。”
As we have previously noted， beautiful people have it easier in many ways： They tend to be better paid， more confident， and better liked — even by the tiniest of humans。
正如我们此前提到过的，漂亮的人在许多方面都会过得更容易一些：他们往往薪资更高，更有信心，更讨人喜欢——甚至连最小的孩子都更喜欢他们。
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