PSYCH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Physical Attractiveness, George Clooney, Symmetry In Biology
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Evolutionary approaches-we have had to survive and reproduce(emphasis on reproduction). Someone with more children has had more of an impact on the world. Differential parental investment- says that men and women play different roles in the reproductive process. Women are more heavily invested in any one offspring because they have more limiting variables and they are certain that an offspring is theirs. Men are less sure that an offspring is theirs, has less limit on number of children they can have and for how long. Men tend to value physical attractiveness more than women. Historically, physical attractiveness is a sign of health, good genes. Women tend to value resources more than men in a potential mate. Differ in features that men and women find attractive(face,body). Women value body symmetry more than men because it is linked to social dominance. Women are found attractive with big eyes, small nose, prominent cheekbones.
