Not exact matches
Two sociologists, Jaclyn Wong of the University of Chicago and Andrew Penner of the University of California
at Irvine, looked
at how
physical attractiveness relates to income.
They looked
at data from thousands of young people who were interviewed about
physical attractiveness three times between the ages of 16 and 29.
At the same time, they showed pictures of these elected officials to Dutch students who knew nothing about Israeli legislators, and they asked the students to rate the politicians»
physical attractiveness.
«Medical students are surrounded by the same environment that everyone is in this country, a culture of idealized images of
physical attractiveness in which thin is good and fat is bad,» said Mara Vitolins, professor of public health sciences
at Wake Forest Baptist, in a statement.
Researchers
at the University of Kansas found that people's perceptions of their matches»
physical attractiveness improved after they interacted with them in person.
A study by researchers
at Queen Mary University of London shows men like women whose names draw to their
physical attractiveness, while women like men whose attributes are showcased as intelligent, cultured, brave, and altruistic.
Their data showed men are more drawn to names that suggest
physical attractiveness, like «cutie» while women tend to favor names that hint
at intelligence, such as «cultured.»
Edward Royzman, a psychology professor
at the University of Pennsylvania, asks me to list four qualities on a piece of paper:
physical attractiveness So, by now, you've got a digital dating portrait worthy of Da Vinci.
Its good advice to ask for many photographs, so if
physical attractiveness is important to you, a balanced look
at someone over time and in many contexts is achieved.
A wonderful look
at the value of
physical attractiveness versus the qualities that constitute inner beauty, Marty must finally answer the oft - repeated question; «What do you want to do?»
This is the focus of a new report [published in the Australian Journal of Education] from researchers
at the University of New England, which looks
at different types of potential bias in grading including gender, race and
physical attractiveness.
Participants then looked
at profiles of potential partners that the researchers varied by
physical attractiveness (high, medium, low) and by the
attractiveness of the text description (high, medium, or low
attractiveness), rating each of the 9 profiles based on whether the person in the profile «would probably respond favorably to me if I contacted him / her.»
Earlier initiation of romantic relationships and more frequent alcohol use were predicted by greater sociability and less impulsivity in childhood, higher quality friendships and greater peer acceptance in early adolescence, and a more mature appearance and
physical attractiveness (among females)
at age 13.
The final follow - up analysis looked
at female perceptions of the
physical attractiveness of a male dating partner after negative communication ensued during a single social interaction.
While it may not be surprising that a single negative social interaction leads individuals to evaluate others less favorably, it is
at least moderately surprising to see that only three minutes of negative communication would induce such a strong perceptual shift on the
physical attractiveness dependent variable.
In your show you mention a fascinating study done by three American universities that looked
at physical attractiveness as it relates to a real estate professional's success.
He collaborated on the article, Broker beauty and boon: a study of
physical attractiveness and its effect on real estate brokers» income and productivity, with Sean P. Salter, from the Jennings A. Jones College of Business
at Middle Tennessee State University and Ernest W. King from the College of Business
at the University of Southern Mississippi.