Sentences with phrase «value physical attractiveness»

This study found that women more highly value similar attitudes and sense of humor in their ideal partner, while men more valued physical attractiveness and slightly devalued intelligence in their future ideal partners.

Not exact matches

We agree with Twenge that this problem has been increasing since the 1960s because our culture has increasingly valued extrinsic and self - centered goals such as money, status and physical attractiveness, and devalued community, affiliation and the pursuit of meaning in life.

Popularity, wealth, size, physical attractiveness, accomplishments and power can all increase the status of an individual by making him or her seem impressive and valued.

Interestingly enough, sexual compatibility is most important for women in this age bracket, even though women ages 18 to 24 value physical fitness and aesthetic attractiveness more.

Specifically, the matching hypothesis predicts that people will pair up with a partner who has the same social mate value.1 Your social mate value includes all of the factors that go into making you more or less desirable to date such as your physical attractiveness, your personality, etc..

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?»

As I have posted over and over again in this blog, evolutionary psychologists expect that only some men pursue short - term mating strategies (e.g., given their own mate value, physical attractiveness, attachment experiences, local pathogen levels, local sex ratios, and so forth; see Gangestad & Simpson, 2000).

We find out if bullies have more sex, and whether a person's physical attractiveness or personal values better explain their appeal as a long - term partner.

In two studies of women, aged 18 - 25 and 30 - 40, respectively, researchers assessed the characteristics women value when selecting males as long - term relationship partners versus selecting males as sperm donors.1 The women were randomly assigned to rate a series of characteristics desired in their «ideal man» as a sperm donor or their «ideal man» as a relationship partner, including physical traits (e.g., height, body shape, hair and skin color, overall attractiveness) and demographics (e.g., age, education, income, ethnicity, religious and political affiliations).

In Study 1, nearly 200 participants completed an online questionnaire about their own mate value / self - worth based on their physical attractiveness, self - esteem, likeability, warmth, kindness, and trustworthiness.

This makes evolutionary sense when we consider that men often desire physical attractiveness in a long - term partner (making it an important indicator of a woman's mate value) and women often desire social status in a long - term partner (making it an important indicator of a man's mate value).3

He advises considering character and values above all else, including physical attractiveness and chemistry.

For instance, the attractiveness dimension for long - term mates was composed of valuing the mates» weight, body, and waist size, whereas the same dimension for short - term mates was composed of valuing a nice body, facial beauty, and physical fitness.

Physical attractiveness is valued more in short - term contexts more than long - term contexts (Li et al., 2002; Li & Kenrick, 2006).

Based on economic models of mating psychology (Kenrick et al., 1993; Li et al., 2002), we predict that (self - perceived) mate value will be correlated with desire for all of the mate preference factors in the long - term context but just physical attractiveness in the short - term mating context.

Interview research conducted by Albada, Knapp, and Theune (2002) revealed that: «physical attractiveness emerged as a quality that is thought about, valued in a relational partner, and important for relationship satisfaction» (p. 17).

That is, although significant, the moderating effect of self - perceived mate value was rather weak and seems to play only a minor role in the light of the overriding importance of physical attractiveness of a potential partner.