Factors affecting Attraction: Physical attractiveness

Question 1

Physical attractiveness

Answer 1

How appealing we find a person’s face

Question 2

Shackelford and Larsen

Answer 2

People with symmetrical faces are rated as more attractive. Its an honest signal of genetic fitness

Question 3

What other things are people attracted towards

Answer 3

Neotenous faces because these trigger a protective or caring instinct

Question 4

McNulty et al

Answer 4

Physical attractiveness is not only important at the start of a relationship but it also continued to be an important feature of the relationship after marriage.

Question 5

How does Halo effect effect the way we look at people

Answer 5

People have physical attractiveness stereotype (what is beautiful is good). Dion et al found that physically attractive people are consistently rated as kind, strong and sociable and successful compared to unattractive people.

Question 6

define halo effect

Answer 6

The halo effect is used to describe one feature tends to have a disproportionate influence on our judgements of a person’s attributes

Question 7

who proposed the Matching hypothesis

Answer 7

Walster et al

Question 8

What does matching hypothesis suggest

Answer 8

People choose romantic partners who are roughly of similar physical attractiveness to each other. We tend to do this to avoid being rejected by someone out of our league.