Abstract When given a choice‚ professors should be chosen on previous experience and credentials. More often than not perceived facial attractiveness can potentially influence a student’s decision in choosing a professor. If a student chooses their professors based off of facial attractiveness instead of teaching methods‚ it can potentially be risking the academic outcome of the student. Biological instincts which drive certain human functions can potentially overpower logical decisions. Students
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be used to explain certain characteristics or behaviours which increase an individual’s reproductive success. These characteristics may get exaggerated over evolutionary time. In humans‚ these characteristics may include good physical and mental health‚ as well as physical features such as good looks etc. these characteristics are attractive because they show an ability to reproduce and pass on these genes to offspring. There are two types of sexual selection‚ intrasexual and intersexual. Intrasexual
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Mortality salience‚ an awareness of one’s impending doom‚ and a tendency to literally objectify the human form suggests humanities’ innate‚ animalistic will to survive. Hence‚ when presented with death-related stimulus‚ individuals distance themselves from the perceived image of mortality (Goldenberg & Morris‚ 2015). According to Goldenberg and Morris (2015)‚ “women’s bodies possess certain reproductive responsibilities that underscore the corporeality of human existence‚” suggesting their physicality
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Aristotle once said‚ “Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.” After thousands of years‚ this concept of beauty and its forthcoming advantages continues to hold. But first‚ what makes someone enjoyable to look at? There are some obvious and universal traits of beauty. According to Dina Spector‚ “High cheekbones‚ fuller lips‚ big eyes‚ and a thin chin are associated with sexiness in women‚ whereas a big jaw and broad chin are preferred in men. Smooth skin‚ shiny hair
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The students will be asked to discuss the question in pairs or in groups of three. I will also remind students that there are no wrong answers at this stage. The resulting group discussions will have the students forming ideas about beauty and attractiveness and whether they are subjective or objective and will act as a transition into the subsequent reading task. This stage may also require a pre-teach vocab for the word “beholder”. If the students express confusion about the meaning of the phrase
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Interpersonal attraction is simply an attraction between individuals that can lead to liking‚ friendship or love. Research suggests that there are multiple factors that influence interpersonal attraction‚ including proximity‚ similarity‚ exposure‚ physical attractiveness‚ reciprocal liking and reinforcement‚ these factors as well as our own expires and the meanings we have attached to them. Relations exist in four major categories the first being affiliation defined as wanting to be with another person. In
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brain cortex area that also is activated in response to physical pain. * Ostracism seems to be real pain; people relive past social pain more easily than past physical pain. * An exclusion experience triggers mimicry of others’ behaviour as a non-conscious effort to build a rapport. What leads to friendship and attraction? * Factors that nurture liking and loving and help initiate attraction; proximity‚ physical attractiveness‚ similarity and feeling liked. Proximity: * Proximity
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CheckPoint Goal Selection Matching hypothesis is a theory of interpersonal attraction as proposed by Goffman (1952). It suggests that people are attracted to others who are the same perceived level of attractiveness as themselves. Initially this was based purely on the looks and physical attractiveness‚ but it had since been suggested that other characteristics such as humor or intelligence can compensate for looks. Studies by Walster (1966) and Walster & Walster (1969) have found evidence for
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can stem from different physical features ranging from facial symmetry to body movement and even voice. Humans look for characteristics that they want to pass on to their offspring and signs of health as reflected by appearance. When it comes to the face‚ attractiveness has been attributed to symmetry and balance‚ as well as the masculinity and femininity of a face. The Greeks used a formula that is often found in nature called the Golden Ratio‚ to measure attractiveness. It measures the distance
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female body Introduction Body image is a construct that has applications in several areas of psychology and medicine‚ including patients with neurological disorders leading to inaccurate perceptions of personal appearance‚ patients with noticeable physical deformities‚ individuals with pathological misperceptions about certain aspects of their appearance‚ as well as in eating disorder patients (Fulkerson‚ McGuire‚ Neumark Sztainer‚ Story‚ French and Perry 2002). In fact‚ the Diagnostic and Statistical
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