3.3: The factors affecting attraction - Physical attractiveness Flashcards
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks)
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
Why is this?
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry)
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, why?
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back.
First AO3 PEEL paragraph
The first AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there are individual differences, as some people do not attach much importance to physical attractiveness
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back.
The first AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there are individual differences, as some people do not attach much importance to physical attractiveness.
Example
For example, Towhey (1979) asked male and female participants to rate how much they would like a target individual based on their photograph and some biographical information.
The participants also completed a questionnaire, the MACHO scale, designed to measure sexist attitudes and behaviours
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back.
The first AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there are individual differences, as some people do not attach much importance to physical attractiveness.
For example, Towhey (1979) asked male and female participants to rate how much they would like a target individual based on their photograph and some biographical information.
The participants also completed a questionnaire, the MACHO scale, designed to measure sexist attitudes and behaviours.
What did Towhey find?
Towhey found that the participants who were the most sexist were more influenced by the physical attractiveness of the target when making their judgement of likeability, whereas those who were less sexist were less sensitive to this influence
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back.
The first AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there are individual differences, as some people do not attach much importance to physical attractiveness.
For example, Towhey (1979) asked male and female participants to rate how much they would like a target individual based on their photograph and some biographical information.
The participants also completed a questionnaire, the MACHO scale, designed to measure sexist attitudes and behaviours.
Towhey found that the participants who were the most sexist were more influenced by the physical attractiveness of the target when making their judgement of likeability, whereas those who were less sexist were less sensitive to this influence.
What does this show?
This shows that the effects of physical attractiveness can be moderated by other factors and so challenges the matching hypothesis, which claims that physical attractiveness is always a significant consideration in relationship formation
Discuss physical attractiveness as a factor affecting attraction in romantic relationships (16 marks).
Physical attractiveness refers to how appealing we find someone and one explanation for this is an evolutionary theory by Shackleford and Larsen (1997), which is that we find symmetrical faces more attractive.
This is because it may be an honest signal of genetic fitness (it’s difficult to fake facial symmetry).
People are also attracted to faces with neotenous (baby face) features such as widely separated and large eyes, a delicate chin and a small nose, because these trigger a protective or caring instinct, a valuable resource for females wanting to reproduce.
Dion et al. found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong, sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.
The belief that good-looking people probably have these characteristics makes them even more attractive to us, so we behave positively towards them, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Psychologists use the term halo effect to describe this, how one distinguishing feature (in this case physical attractiveness) tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s other attributes, for example, their personality.
The matching hypothesis is the belief that we do not select the most attractive person as a prospective partner, but instead are attracted to people who approximately ‘match’ us in physical (facial) attractiveness.
We assess our own attractiveness and choose someone with similar levels to avoid rejection.
Walster et al. called this ‘realistic choices,’ because individuals are influenced by the chances of having their feelings reciprocated back.
The first AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there are individual differences, as some people do not attach much importance to physical attractiveness.
For example, Towhey (1979) asked male and female participants to rate how much they would like a target individual based on their photograph and some biographical information.
The participants also completed a questionnaire, the MACHO scale, designed to measure sexist attitudes and behaviours.
Towhey found that the participants who were the most sexist were more influenced by the physical attractiveness of the target when making their judgement of likeability, whereas those who were less sexist were less sensitive to this influence.
This shows that the effects of physical attractiveness can be moderated by other factors and so challenges the matching hypothesis, which claims that physical attractiveness is always a significant consideration in relationship formation.
Second AO3 PEEL paragraph
The second AO3 PEEL paragraph is that there is research support for the halo effect
