Psychology 2075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Physical Attractiveness, Equity Theory, Lip Plate

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2075
• Professor: Nick Skinner

Document Summary

Africa women will wear lip plate things so their lips are huge and therefore this is attractive. Thinness is preferred and this is not universal. Not all cultures value thinness as much. Going from a very thin body to a large body. Attractiveness in a female body women think thinness is more attractive compared to what men actually think. Urban places men prefer the skinner aka very slender/slender. However in the rural area in south africa 5. 4 prefer slender, 6. 6 prefer average and 4. 3 prefer heavy. An explanation to this may be those who suffer from nutrition tend to be attractive to heavier they may have the idea that heavier is healthier. Hungry men are preferring somewhat larger bodies. Through pictures computer and they found that more symmetric faces were more attractive. Take pictures computer doesn"t calculate symmetry they flip the face. North america and western europe women say thinner is better, whereas it exaggerates men"s actual preferences.