Physiognomic perception, a tendency to suffuse percepts with an emotional or expressive quality, has been suggested as an additional cognitive control principle. In a study of an entire graduating class of 77 engineering students, Physiognomic Cue Test (PCT) performance loaded on a factor independent of factors representing field articulation, scanning, abstract reasoning, and academic achievement. PCT scores have been found to be related to career choice and to correlate significantly with measures of art aptitude and style, course grades, and personality test scores including the CPI. The relationships of physiognomic perception to intelligence, creativity and work style are considered. These data support the hypothesis that psysiognomic perception represents a significant cognitive control principle. Additional multivariate studies of more heterogeneous groups are indicated.
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