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Lucker, Beane, and Helmreich (1981) studied the strength of the halo effect in physical attractiveness by conducting a research to determine the magnitude of the halo effect. They found that attractiveness is a much better predictor of personality judgments about female targets than male targets. Attributions such as sexiness, femininity/masculinity, and even happiness showed a strong relationship to physical attractiveness. In a meta-analytic study of the effects of physical attractiveness, Eagly, Ashmore, Makhijani, & Longo (1991) found two general types of input that appear most important when considering how people learn their beliefs about what is associated with good looks; A direct observation of attractive and unattractive people in their social environment and exposure to cultural representation of attractive and unattractive people. Eagly, Ashmore, Makhijani, & Longo go on to say that the core of physical attractiveness is sociability, popularity, and similar attributes and has little impact on concern for others. There is a positive consistency of judgment based on attractiveness, between men and women and even across cultures (Cunningham et al., 1995; Langlois et al., 2000). Individuals hold higher expectations towards attractive individuals (Andreoni & Petrie, 2008). Individuals also tend to trust attractive individuals more often than they would with unattractive individuals (Wilson & Eckel, 2006). The halo effect has been studied by many researchers and social psychologist have a consensus of what it is. The research done can suggest that a person’s positive qualities, physical appearance, and general attractiveness affects how we judge their character. The more attractive they look, the better a person we judge them to