PSY-P 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Socioeconomic Status, Physical Attractiveness
9 Aug 2016
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They will experience more prestige in life, more success in their careers, more likely to be married b. ii. 3. Some truth they do tend to be less lonely, experience less social anxiety, more sexually experienced, more popular b. ii. 4. a. More likely to get married as well as divorced: more socially skilled more opportunities to practice/hone these skills, social profit if we are of average attractiveness by being seen as very attractive to other people d. i. Rule of assimilation if you are a average attractive person, seen with a very attractive person, you will be seen by others as more attractive than you really are d. i. 1. d. i. 2. Rule of homogamy we like people who are like us b. i. 1. Applies to not only humans but even lower animals b. i. 1. a. Spiders w/ black or brown painted legs: demographic similarity c. i. 1. c. i. 2. c. i. 3. Socioeconomic status: attitude similarity the biggest factor d. i. Physical attraction is a linear function of the proportion of attitude similarity d. i. 1.
