The current study aimed to test the perceivers’ ratings of likability and their willingness to become friends with targets who have different ratios of warmth to competence. In Study 1, we recruited 106 females and 61 males. The results of Study 1 showed that perceivers were reluctant to become friends with targets that had extreme ratios of warmth to competence (0:5 or 5:0). In Study 2, we recruited 137 males and 164 females. The results of Study 2 showed that male perceivers were willing to become friends with a female target whose ratio of warmth to competence was 5:0 and unwilling to become friends with a male target whose ratio was 0:5. Female perceivers were unwilling to become friends with a female target whose ratio was 0:5. Moreover, participants were unwilling to choose targets with a ratio of 5:0 as partners in a competition context. These results could help researchers understand how the process of impression formation works when considering different ratios of warmth to competence.

目前的研究旨在测试感知者的可爱程度以及他们与具有不同热情与能力比率的目标成为朋友的意愿。在研究 1 中，我们招募了 106 名女性和 61 名男性。研究 1 的结果表明，感知者不愿意与热情与能力的极端比例（0:5 或 5:0）的目标成为朋友。在研究 2 中，我们招募了 137 名男性和 164 名女性。研究2的结果表明，男性感知者愿意与热情与能力之比为5:0的女性目标成为朋友，而不愿意与0:5之比的男性目标成为朋友。女性感知者不愿意与比例为0:5的女性目标成为朋友。此外，参与者不愿意在竞争环境中选择 5:0 比例的目标作为合作伙伴。