LABOUR is often accused of rushing through ill-considered laws whenever its appearance of competence is cracking.
Struggling to dress well, to look neat and cheerful was, she feels, a duty, part of an emotional Home Front where women whose lives were daily devastated by loss felt obliged to maintain an appearance of competence and optimism.
The first tells us whether to approach or avoid someone, while the latter indicates if that person is physically strong or weak and it is also the trait most closely tied to the appearance of competence.
The first tells us whether to approach or avoid someone, while the latter indicates if that person is physically strong or weak — and it is also the trait most closely tied to the appearance of competence.
The self-portrait he draws is that of a domesticated Gen X male, competent in the kitchen and devoted to sharing child-rearing duties with his wife, and at the same time a guy who believes that "the business of being a man" involves giving "the appearance of competence" and a fair amount of "faking it".
There was no significant interaction between gender of candidate and gender of participant or significant main effect of gender of participant on facial appearance of competence (all p's>0.05).
It turns out that a candidate's appearance — not beauty, but a look of competence — can generate a far greater vote swing than we previously thought.
Although impressions of competence from facial appearance are ubiquitously predictive of voting behavior, both male and female voters are more likely to vote for female politicians who not only appear competent, but also attractive.
He has found a fresh perspective on the subject, and a revealing one too.The book's main theme is that, despite the appearance of power and competence they show to the world, multinational companies usually end up out of their depth.
F.D.R. and Truman intuited the importance of competence — not competence as such, but competence in appearance.
