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Have you ever heard someone say, “you totally look like you’re a Jessica” or something similar? People seem to think that they know what kind of person a “Jessica” or a “Michael” looks like. Why is this?

According to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, humans tend to associate people’s names with their appearance, and can even guess someone’s name based on how they look.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, collected thousands of photos of people’s faces. They labeled each photo with four names. Then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct.

The volunteers were able to guess the right name 38 percent of the time. It seems that certain characteristics of faces give them clues about someone’s name, Reader’s Digest reported.

However, this only worked when the volunteers looked at names from their own culture. In addition, the volunteers were not as good at guessing the real names of people who used nicknames more often than their real names. This may show that a person’s appearance is affected by their name only if they use it often.

This kind of face-name matching happens “because of a process of self-fulfilling prophecy (自我实现预言), as we become what other people expect us to become.” Ruth Mayo from the university told science news website EurekAlert.

Earlier studies have shown that gender and race stereotypes (刻板印象) can affect a person’s appearance. The researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. For example, people tend to think that men named Bob should have rounder faces because the word itself looks round. People may think that women named Rose are beautiful. They expect them to be “delicate” and “feminine(女性的)”, just like the flower they are named for.

1.What was the purpose of the study?

A.To find out today’s most popular English names.

B.To learn how names influence personality.

C.To find out whether names relate to their looks.

D.To show how men’s names are different from women’s.

2.What can we infer from the study?

A.Volunteers found it easier to guess nicknames correctly.

B.Names may have different associations in different cultures.

C.Volunteers could guess the characteristics of those people.

D.The people in the photos and volunteers were from the same country.

3.According to Ruth Mayo, why do some people look like their names?

A.They tend to become what others expect them to become.

B.They want to please everyone around them.

C.They don’t want to be different from others.

D.They like to copy famous people who share the same name.

4.What point does the last paragraph want to explain?

A.Earlier studies about stereotypes are limited.

B.Stereotypes about names can bring good results.

C.Stereotypes about names can affect people’s looks.

D.It’s not always bad to be influenced by the expectations of others.

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