Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Human Body Weight, Facial Symmetry, Immunocompetence
17 Mar 2016
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Top 10 male and female acts judged most effective in attracting opposite-sex partners o. Sense of humor is at the top of the list for both: health - well-groomed, showered daily, physically fit o. Status and pro-sociality are on the list as well o. Showed pictures of people from lots of different cultures: high level of inter-rater agreement o. Significant cross-cultural and historical agreement: variability in physical adornments and ideal body weight. Boom and bust (symons & anderson: men in cultures with scarce resources prefer heavier women, hungry for more (nelson & morrison) o. In many non-human primates, females use red swellings as a sexual display. Men find women more attractive when viewed against a red background. Same effect in women viewing men but seems to be related to perceived status. Babyfacedness: men tend to prefer female faces that tend to have more babyish faces. Facial symmetry: quite a strong correlator of attractiveness o.
