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The effect of facial expressions on estimates of the likelihood that a person will again commit an offense for which he has been arrested was studied. Such information did not affect estimates of 34 male and 36 female undergraduates as much as did the objective information provided about the offense. The results suggest directions for research on the role of facial expressions in interpersonal judgments.

Three studies investigated a reported preference for humans to choose blue and seven in a free choice. Such preferences were compared against 109 respondents' favorite color and number. The conditional relationship between color and number was examined. The results replicate the earlier reports of a preference for blue and seven. Generally blue was chosen as the respondents' favorite color. No conditional relationship between blue and seven was observed.