PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Physical Attractiveness, Ovulation, The Strongest
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A major determinant of who we end up being attracted to is propinquity, or sheer closeness of contact with potential targets of attraction. Engaged couples are more similar to one another than are randomly paired men and women. Studies using the bogus stranger paradigm invariably find that people like individuals who resemble them more than individuals who do not. Physically attractive people are much more popular with the opposite sex. Attractive peo- ple are given higher grades for their work. People who are physically attractive earn more money in the workplace, and they even receive lower sentences for crimes. People think a transgression by a child is less serious if the child is attractive. Moreover, even threemonth- olds will look longer at an attractive face than at an unattractive one: gender is an important variable when it comes to attractiveness, with physical appearance affecting the lives of women more than men.
