ANT-2301 Lecture Notes - Incest Taboo, Color Wheel Theory Of Love, Cousin Marriage
Document Summary
People are likely to live near people of similar economic, social backgrounds: physical attraction. High level of agreement across cultures (langlois 2000) Different cultures improve beauty in different ways (newman 2000) Different boy types are judged to be more attractive in different parts of the world (anderson 1992) Body type standards vary over time (silverstein 1986: similarity. Married couples report significant agreement about politics and religion. Friends were more similar in attitudes, beliefs, values, and interests. We like those who are like ourselves (galton) Romantic pairs are similar in physical attractiveness (zajonc: reciprocity. People like positive feedback (coleman, jussim, & abraham. Being liked leads to positive interpersonal behavior. Over time, people prefer increasing affinity rather than decreasing affinity (aroson 1965) Known as the couple"s curse : courtship. Behaviors were defined as subset of nonverbal behavior that consistently resulted in male attention. Courtship found to be more important that physical attraction for garnering male interest.
