PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ovulation, Interpersonal Attraction, Physical Attractiveness
10 Nov 2017
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Physical attractiveness plays an important role in interpersonal attraction. 1. variability of what people find attractive. 2. we like attractive people, but we also find those we like more attractive. 3. happy couples perceive each other as physically attractive even if others. 4. people become more attractive with age. Happier, more confident, and more satisfied with their lives, but attractiveness is not linked to traits like intelligence. Halo effect may be due to self-fulfilling prophecies. Attractive faces are preferred at an early age: children as young as 3 months prefer. Mothers in hospitals and problematic children attractive adult and child faces over less attractive faces. Responses to physical attractiveness may serve biological purposes. Physical attractiveness signals cues of biological health and reproductive potential. Faces that are more average are seen as more attractive. Battle of the sexes are when choosing mates. Throughout the animal kingdom, investment in offspring drives how selective animals.
