PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Averageness, Color Wheel Theory Of Love, Positive Illusions
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Effects of physical attractiveness recall snyder et al, 1977: male participants shown female photo. We don"t realize that we effect a lot of people: results, men shown the attractive photo expected the woman to be more engaging, poised, humorous, men shown unattractive photos expected the woman to be more awkward, serious, unsociable. Importantly, these expectations were realized not only for the men, but for outside observers who listened to the female half of the conversation. The expectations of the men altered the behaviour of the women self-fulfilling prophecy: women acted more comfortably when the men elciited certain behaviours the actual behaviour of women were altered because of them. Symmetry : cross culurally the found that when they judge what is attarctive, they found that faces that are symmertical are seen as more attractive . Familarity : averageness , we like faces that are avergaes we like more prototypical faces.
