Physical attractiveness
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- Created on: 13-12-17 15:05
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- Physical attractiveness
- Buss’s research shows that physical attractiveness is very important for men in choosing a mate.
- Research suggests that women also rate attractiveness highly for short-term relationships, but less for long-term relationship.
- Matching hypothesis
- When people look for a partner, they look for someone whose social desirability equals their own.
- Attractive people rate their own potential and then select people who are most likely to be attracted to them.
- By choosing someone with similar social desirability this creates a high chance of having their affection reciprocated.
- Attraction towards another person in the early stages depends on cues that indicate social Desirability.
- Physical attractiveness becomes the major indicator as it’s accessible for each person to rate the other.
- Walster - The computer dance study (1966)
- When giving their data an observer marked them on attractiveness After 2 hours with their dates p's were asked about their feelings.
- P's responded well to dates who were rated as attractive (personality/ intelligence weren't important)
- Students attended a dance in where they would be provided with an ‘ideal match', (they were randomly assigned)
- Doesn't support matching hypothesis as P's should've liked others rated equally attractive to them
- Evaluation
- Men with physically attractive wives are happier in their marriage.
- No evidence of P asking others based upon their attractiveness, instead P messaged P who they found more desirable.
- Physical attractiveness is one quality. A person may compensate with by being kind, funny, or rich
- Knowing that men place a high emphasis on physical attractiveness could lead to pressure on women to try to maintain looks
- Men and women had different preferences for mates before speed-dating, but no sex differences in attractiveness influence on romantic interest
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