PSY424H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Signify, Thematic Apperception Test, Capilano Suspension Bridge
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No matter what type of relationship you get into, what usually is the first step is interpersonal attraction. Those that are beautiful, handsome, and those that have good bodies". Physical attractiveness tends to outweigh other factors on who we approach and who we are romantically attracted to. Symmetry even in terms of twins, the more symmetrical twin face is more. Averageness faces that don"t have any particular deformities or abnormalities. Combining different faces to form an average face is considered more attractive than the individual faces. Doing a facial morph" has a more average and symmetrical face bad features are smoothed". Familiarity average faces seem to approximate" the people we see in everyday life. Signs of developmental stability both symmetry and facial averageness are signs of stability and developmental health. In order for faces to be symmetrical they were able to fight off pathogens in the womb.
