PSYC 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Ingroups And Outgroups, Prosocial Behavior, Social Identity Theory
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Attractiveness: beautiful is good bias, what is beautiful is good bias: Tendency to assume that attractive people have more positive personality traits than unattractive people: e. g. judgments of attractive people, demonstrated in over 1000 studies, more likely to be hired; greater starting salary. Exception: women for high-level managerial pos: less likely to be found guilty by trial; if guilty, more lenient sentences. The most attractive faces (esp. female faces) tend to systematically differ from the average: facial sexual dimorphism, sex-typical faces are rated as highly attractive, sex typical faces, female faces: Estrogen increases lip size, cheek size; inhibits jaw growth sex-typical face: as women age, features become less feminine . Estrogen is also associated with likelihood of conceiving a child. Youth is associated with greater reproductive potential (more reproductive years ahead) So, men evolved preference for feminine faces: also, male s try to maximize their reproductive potential by, male faces: sleeping around a lot.
