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Abstract
Facial attractiveness has been shown to influence teacher perceptions and attitudes toward children. This study investigated the classroom interactions of teacher-perceived attractive and unattractive children. Positive, negative, and neutral interactions were recorded prior to obtaining the teachers’ ratings of attractiveness. The results indicated that attractive children exhibited more positive interactions than did unattractive children. Attractive girls exhibited less negative interactions than their unattractive peers; however, these results were not demonstrated for boys. The effects were observed after three quarters of the year and indicated that perceived facial attractiveness may be more influential than had previously been suggested.