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Physical attractiveness
Refers to how appealing we find someones face
Self fulfilling prophecy
Belief that good looking people will have characteristics that make them more attractive so we act more positively towards them
Matching hypothesis
Waster and Walter 1969
Look for partners with similar attractiveness, personality etc
Overtime people focus more on physical attraction
Walter computer dance study 196h
752 students bought tickets for computer dance
Provided an ‘ideal match” and assigned a partner
After date, asked how much they liked their partner
Those physically attractive were liked the most
Weakness- individual differences
Not all people place importance on physical attractiveness
Touhey 1979 asked male and female pp to rate how much they would like a target individual based on their photo and some biological info
Pp who scored high on the MACHO scale were more influenced by physical attractiveness