Sociology 2233 Study Guide - Master Sergeant, Life Matters, Limerence
27 Jul 2013
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Exposure to people in the past limited to small village. Young infants spend more time gazing at attractive faces than less attractive. Exposure to mass media images of beauty impacts our choices of mates and also our satisfaction with our current mates. Contrast effect: differences of two things are exaggerated depending on the order in which those things are presented. Woman of average attractiveness will seem a lot less attractive if a viewer has first seen a highly attractive woman. Asked male dormitory students to rate photo of potential blind date. Rated less desirable if shown episode of charlie"s angels than if males were watching a different show. Women surrounded by other attractive women rate themselves as less satisfied w/ their attractiveness and less desirable as a marriage partner. Viewing pics of attractive women weakens commitment to mates. Men rate themselves as being less in love w/ partner after looking at playboy.
