PSYC 307 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Family Therapy, Individualism, Nuclear Family
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Chapter 11: interpersonal attraction and close relationships pg 479. Paduang in thailand women elongate their necks (insert number of brass rings around necks as they grow up) Mursi in ethiopia women stretch lower lip (insert large ceramic disk in a cut hole through lip) Mentawai in indonesia women file their teeth into sharp points so smiles are similar to a shark. Ainu from northern japan tattoo faces with moustache-looking like around their lips. Western women dark eyelashes with mascara, trim brows, pain lips with lipstick. Physical attractiveness is more significant factor in interpersonal attraction for women than for men. There are commonalities across cultures for what is perceived as attractive; common variables that make faces attractive: complexion free from blemishes, blotches, sores and rashes. Evolutionary reasoning: people attracted to healthy mates to produce healthy surviving offspring (unconscious) Represent absence of parasites or diseases: bilateral symmetry left and right sides of faces and bodies look identical.
