commun ity consensus‚ is often based on some combination of inner beauty‚ which includes psychological factors such as personality‚ intelligence‚ grace‚ politeness‚ charisma‚ integrity‚ congruence and elegance‚ and outer beauty (i.e. physical attractiveness) which includes physical attributes which are valued on aesthetic basis. Standards of beauty have changed over time‚ based on changing cultural values. Historically‚ paintings show a wide range of different standards for beauty. However‚ humans
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some cases it’s illegal discrimination. Attractiveness isn’t in the same category as gender‚ race‚ religion‚ or nationality but that doesn’t mean hiring based on looks is ok under the law. Federal laws on employment discrimination don’t specifically speak to looks or appearance as a protected category that allows retaliation. But those laws can still apply in an employment discrimination suit. For better or worse‚ many of the traits of attractiveness are tied to protected categories‚ most notably
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studies show that both men and women give a lot of consideration and importance on good looks and attractiveness. Psychology Today‚ a website featuring articles regarding psychology‚ entertains the idea of Uglytopia: a place wherein people need not care about their looks and personality is the most important thing to be considered in a person. It also discusses the dependence of people on attractiveness on first impressions and its effects on how they deal with or treat the person in question.
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competence‚ and physical attractiveness. The authors also state that although people say looks are not important‚ people base most impressions on looks alone. Walster (1966) also said that “Physical appearance is an important element in people’s attraction to strangers. Physical beauty has been shown to have a pervasive influence on our perceptions and evaluations of other people.” A study conducted by Dion (1972)‚ as cited by Dushkin online (2000)‚ found that physically attractiveness truly does affect
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The Stimulus-Value-Role Theory has three stages of development. Stimulus‚ the first stage‚ is the evaluation of the physical attractiveness of prospective partners. The first impression towards a person is determined by the physical features‚ such as appearance and social qualities. If both individuals are pleased with each other’s unspiritual characteristics‚ they might enter into the next stage. What is significant in the second stage‚ Value‚ is the mutual understanding between two persons. In
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bodies. Their new‚ more grown-up looks attract the attention of men‚ who stare at the girls with sexual intentions as they strut around the neighborhood. Since the girls consider becoming beautiful as a part of maturing‚ their increased sexual attractiveness indicates that the shoes symbolize sexual maturity. After a bum man disturbingly offers Rachel a dollar for a kiss‚ the girls get frightened and run back to Mango Street. They take the shoes off and hide them “until one Tuesday [Lucy’s] mother
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English 2000 Section February 4‚ 2014 Destroying or Building a Healthy Lifestyle? Beauty pageants made their first appearances in America during the 1920’s‚ where women flaunted around casinos‚ determined to win a crown for their physical attractiveness. The owner of the casino where these activities occurred‚ figured that this would attract more tourists. Throughout the years‚ more modern pageants were formed‚ like Ms. USA and Ms. America. Following in the footsteps of its adult form‚ child
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is true that consumers would rather deal with a more attractive person and they are repelled by those who are not as attractive. We are turned off by those who are ugly or fat. Some how we come to think of them as sloppy and careless. Physical attractiveness is a job-related employment criterion when you are a model‚ movie star‚ actor‚ singer‚ or mainly anything in the entertainment industries. I do not believe it is relevant when you are a salesperson‚ flight attendant or a receptionist but other
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For this summary‚ an advertisement is extracted from the magazine titled Mingguan Wanita‚ March issue. The advertisement is about promoting local makeup product named Ronasutra Mineral Makeup. This advertisement on Ronasutra displays a picture of a Malaysian artist in a nature scenery‚ smiling flawlessly and intensifying her beauty. At the side of the picture is the image of the makeup product alongside with its information whereas on the bottom of the advertisement is the contact information of
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References: Chaiken‚ S. (1979). Communicator physical attractiveness and persuasion. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 37‚ 1387–1397. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.37.8.1387 Debevec‚ K.‚ Madden‚ T. J.‚ & Kernan‚ J. B. (1986). Physical attractiveness‚ message evaluation‚ and compliance: A structural evaluation. Psychological Reports‚ 58‚ 503–508. DeBono‚ K. G.‚ & Harnish‚ R. J. (1988). Expertise‚ source attractiveness‚ and the processing of persuasive messages: A functional approach
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