Physical attractiveness Flashcards

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Halo effect

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Dion: ‘What is beautiful is good’
- good traits for good look
- self fulfilling prophecy

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Matching hypothesis

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Walster and Walster
- partners similar to ourselves in terms of physicality

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Matching hypothesis study

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  • male and females invited to dance
  • attractiveness rated by observer
  • questionnaire about selves
  • computer decided partner
  • hypothesis was not supported - wanted people more attractive
  • study replicated each partner selected form varying attractiveness level
  • found we choose similar to ourselves
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Research support

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Palmer and Peterson
- physically attractive people rated as more politically knowledgeable even when they knew there was no expertise

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Evolutionary explanation

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Cunningham
- women with neotenous features features preferred by White, Hispanic and Asian men
- different culture = same preference so evolutionary

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Research challenge

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Taylor
- studied activity logs of dating site actual choices
- people preferred partners are more physical attractive
- undermines validity of MH

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Challenge counterpoint

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Feingold
- meta-analysis of 17 studies, significant correlation in physical attractive between partners
- dating selection may be fantasy may not lead to actual relationship

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Individual difference

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Touhey
- measured sexist attitudes using MACHO scale
- low scorers unaffected by physical attractiveness when judging potential partners

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