PSYC 350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Masturbation, Ovulation, Randy Thornhill
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Physical appearance are usually the first cues to attractiveness that are available to others. Symmetry: the more symmetrical a person"s face, the more attractive sexy and healthy the person seems to others, symmetry also raises the attractiveness of the remainder of the body, too, evolutionary psychologist. Propose that asymmetry is unattractive because people with asymmetry had a messed up genetic program that interfered with the genes or caused it to be infected. Research supports the notion that people with asymmetrical features are more likely to suffer from a variety of disorders (i. e. , schizophrenia, premature birth) Men tend to think that extreme muscularity is the most attractive to women, but in fact most women prefer only moderate muscularity. Men in an experiment was deceived into thinking that the face they rejected was the one they chose, but they failed to notice the deception and gave equally detailed reasons why that face was more attractive.
