... Psychology, Crime and Law), as well as stereotypes of the elderly (Snyder & Peter, 1994, as cited in Psychology, Crime & Law). The black clothing stereotype, which suggests an association between black clothing and aggressiveness and deceit, has received less attention. According to Frank & Gilovich (1988, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology) the colour black invites negative connotations within most cultures. Whilst taking this notion into consideration Frank and Gilovich investigated whether black clothing had an impact upon behaviour. The examined whether professional footballers and ice-hockey players, who wore black, exhibited more aggressive behaviour than those teams that wore non-black clothing. Interestingly, Frank and Gilovich (1988, as cited in Psychology, Crime and Law) discovered that the colour black influenced both the referee's judgements, alongside increasing the levels of aggressiveness exhibited by the players that wore black. These results revealed both social perception and self-perception processes. In an experiment conducted by Vrij ...

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