Physical attractiveness

More than a decade ago, a study was conducted which found that eye makeup is essential for enhancing a woman's attractiveness in the eyes of other women. However, men also pay attention to a woman's eyes, thus this is one area that should never be overlooked when a woman is doing her face for the day or a night out on the town. Women often don't realize how important eye shadow, mascara and eyeliner are in helping them to look young, yet they are. How can a woman make the most of her appearance…

Perceived and actual similarity in initial attraction Introduction Similarity-attraction effect is one of the most interesting topics in research studies of human science. Texas A & M University and Northwestern University have conducted a study to see the effects of perceived and actual similarity during a speed-dating event. This report will summarise and explain their aim, hypotheses, methods and main findings throughout their experiment. Body In order to examine the effects of both actual…

Human mating is observed in almost every culture, leading us to the diverse world we live in today. This signifies our existence and should be important to us. To better understand this behavior, we can take a look at different explanations which shape human mating behavior. Researching this topic we can find evolutionary perspectives, which delve into topics, such as parental investment, survival, and sexual selection. There is also an opposition to these evolutionary ideas which suggest that…

The way individuals interact with themselves and their bodies varies by person. However, it is no surprise that not everyone has positive interactions with themselves. Society and media are incredibly influential parts of people's lives as well as in their interpretations of themselves and others and it is important to know just how much those factors can affect individuals. A study was condcuted to see if perceived body image had an influence on brand preference and on models for the brand who…

I would be lying if I said that media has no effect on us, human beings. Those who deny this proven fact are indeed still in denial or have not come to the realization that media is powerful and has taken control over us. It controls the way we think, the way we see things and the ways we behave. Media has painted a pretty picture for all of us and has pretty much sugar coated everything. It creates images and makes us believe one thing and then we are faced with reality. And reality is the…

Luke Shields Hierarchical Encoding Makes Individuals in A Group Seem More Attractive In a recent study, psychologists Drew Walker and Edward Vul wanted to test the validity of the hypothesized “cheerleader effect”, a phenomena arguing that a person is likely to be perceived more attractive while in a group as opposed to when he or she is seen alone. The “cheerleader effect” proposes that individual faces will seem more attractive in a group because the individual face will appear more similar…

McCauley explains how Gary Vikan, the director of Walters Art Museum, and Charles Conner, the director of the university's Mind/Brain Institute, gather round people and let them settle on what inkblot they like better. Her purpose is to write about how the concept of beauty can be traced to science, and how one may find a particular inkblot more pleasant. In one of the studies, it is found that people prefer a smoother and rounder image, rather than a sharp and spiky image that is not evenly…

Student number: 1004563643 Week: 2 Day: 1 Time: 1:30-4:30 Room number: RW 104 TA: Lisa Erdle Species number: #17 Do the colour of the cheeks patches of Probosciger atterimus affect its ability to be chosen as a mate? Introduction: A distinctive feature in the Probosciger atterimus (Palm Cockatoo) are their red cheek patches. This trait is found in both males and females and hence is not a product of sexual dimorphism. Palm Cockatoos are weak seasonal breeders having infrequent and…

that is the average length and width ratios” (Pallett 1). By new ratios, Pallett goes on to write about four experiments she and her co –workers conducted that “tested the existence of an ideal facial feature arrangement that could optimize the attractiveness of any face given its facial features” (Pallett 1). These experiments involved taking a large audience of participants so as to have diversity of how many different faces could be…

Current logic holds that symmetry is beautiful because it suggests a relatively healthy childhood, free from diseases that could take their toll on facial features, causing subtle asymmetry diseases such as chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough or tonsillitis. Facial asymmetry in adolescents is in no way related to early childhood heath. Although asymmetry on a larger scale may be caused by significant injuries, untreated infections and certain rare genetic disorders. Our attraction to symmetry…