ANTH 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Those We Love, Physical Attractiveness, Ostracism
24 Apr 2015
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People rate new products more favourably when they are associated with attractive inventors. Such impressions help explain why attractive people and tall people have more prestigious jobs and make more money. When categorizing subsequent words as either good or bad, an attractive face predisposes people to categorize good words faster. Attractive children and young adults are somewhat more relaxed, outgoing, and socially polished. Physically attractive individuals tend also to be more popular, more outgoing, and more gender-typed. They assume that beauty signals biologically important information: health, youth, and fertility. Over time, men who preferred fertile-looking women out-reproduced those who were as happy to mate with post-menopausal females. Evolutionary psychologists also assume that evolution predisposes women to favour male traits that signify an ability to provide and protect resources. Men require a modicum of physical attractiveness, women require status and resources, and both welcome kindness and intelligence.
