Attraction And Attractiveness Essay

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of physical attraction on willingness to help others. More specifically, examine the effects of physical attractiveness and social activity (active or inactive) on a participants Belief in a Just World, corresponding with his or her willingness to help others. The results from the present study did not support the predictions that participants would be rate themselves as more willing to help the student in the attractive and social condition than the student in the unattractive and social condition. In general, participants rated the attractive social student as less deserving. Participants also rated themselves less likely to help the student in these two conditions. Tanaka (1999) found that participants who view their own behaviors as fair tend to view the behaviors of others as unfair. Participants in the present study may have viewed a fellow student as less deserving due to their own past experience with similar experiences and lack of help. Thus, participants rated the student based on a self-reflection. The results did not supported the hypothesis that participants viewed attractive inactive students as more deserving, nor did the participants feel obligated to help based on attraction. . These results can be compared to …show more content…
In other words, Belief in a Just World may not be influenced with physical attraction in certain given situations. However, there is a possibility that the nature of a person’s social activity does impact the thoughts and actions within our society. Those students who are socially active could be viewed as more desirable for certain jobs, while he or she could be seen as less worthy of help. The results from the study may differ in various setting or not generate to other