Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Natural Disaster, Handicap Principle, Social Identity Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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More likely to be hired; greater starting salary: exception: women for high-level managerial position less likely to be found guilty by trial; if guilty, more lenient sentences, exception: if crime uses attractiveness (con artist) Middle school students and beyond judged smarter, graded more leniently cuter babies are held more, given more eye contact, more vocalization; rated as happier. Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction . Averageness the averaged face is more attractive than the average face. Note: we are referring to mathematical average vs. a normal, everyday person: universally, people rate the averaged face as more attractive than almost all the component faces that went into it. Facial sexual dimorphism: sex-typical faces are rates as highly attractive. Male faces: larger jaw, larger chin, narrower eyes, thin lips, facial hair, flatter brows, more pronounced ridge. Penton-voak et al. (1999) first, created average male face then made composite more masculine, or feminine.