Individuals Who Holds Positive Traits

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As of recently, the media has been flooded with positive interpretations of beauty standards all over the world. According to various sources, beauty ideals, in women especially, are socially constructed in order to judge a person’s value based on physical attractiveness; therefore, it is highly encouraged that people pay attention to their looks and take care of themselves, in order for others to create a positive first impression of one’s character. It is no secret that beauty standards vary from one culture to the next and it is difficult to establish a universal principle of what is considered beautiful. Many countries’ ideals contrast one another and, as a result, allow for stereotypes to emerge. This is the case between American

In people’s perspective, attractiveness possess a wide variety of positive personal qualities compared to unattractive people. Result from the study on physical attractiveness stereotypes show the attractive people had the most positive ratings. For example, they are judged as less disturbed, rated as happier and more successful, and more likely to be hired after a job interview. Thus, the concept of attractiveness having a correlation between an individual’s physical appearance and his/her achievements, abilities, psychological well-being and/or other status characteristics to create a perception is

The finding that people pair of with others who are equally as attractive is known as

In another study, Langlois and Roggaman (1990) took photos of faces and morphed them together to produce composite images made up of 4, 8, 16 or 32 images. Participants rated faces as increasingly attractive the more faces that went into each image; this applied to both male and female faces. The more faces in an image, the more symmetrical they become, it seems that moving a facial image closer to the average increases its perceived attractiveness. It is likely that symmetry equates to fitness and “good genes”, these people are less likely to have been affected by harmful mutation. People with attractive faces are preferred because of the benefits of passing on these attractive characteristics to offspring. Little & Hancock propose that humans have evolved to be attracted to symmetrical faces because they indicate “averageness”, which equates to genetic health. Grammar and Thornhill (1994) found that females are attracted to males with masculine characteristics, for example: large jaw and prominent cheekbones. These features arise as a result of testosterone, which is also a handicap because it suppresses the immune system. Therefore, showing only “healthy” individuals can afford to produce these traits- advertising a strong immune system. Cartwright (2000) supported this, finding men prefer photographs of women with symmetrical faces and vice versa.

When you first meet someone, within seconds you can tell if you are attracted to someone or not. Physical attractiveness is how attractive you think someone is based on their looks and appearance. In an investigation conducted by Texas A&M University students, they tested with two different studies what makes someone physically attractive to another. Physical attractiveness is very important and can impact an exclusive

When researchers presented mock judicial cases paired with female faces that varied in attractiveness, they concluded that the less attractive defendants were convicted more often than attractive defendants (Darby & Jeffers, 1988). The faces rated as highly attractive were deemed less responsible for the crime they committed. The attractive faces were also rated as more likable, trustworthy and happy than the unattractive defendants. High attractive faces received less punitive punishments than faces that ranked lower on the attractiveness scale. Not only did this study evaluate defendant’s level of attractiveness, it also took into account attractiveness of the juror. When the juror was highly attractive, they were more inclined to convict an unattractive defendant. Jurors were likely to show preference to defendants whose attractiveness level was comparable to their own (Darby & Jeffers,

But, research says that little correlations exist between attractiveness and personality traits. (pg. 634) Social schemas is a mental concept that

The study will consist of approximately 150 students: 75 subjects in Group A , 75 subjects in Group B (comprised from 4 different classroom groups). They will be asked to take part in a study measuring impression formation on personality and those who volunteer to take part with be divided into groups A and B. All participants will then be required to sign a consent form which will include information about the study to ensure they are willing to take part. The hypothesis i.e. that the central traits of warmth and coldness have a profound affect on impression formation - will not be disclosed until the end of the study as it would invalidate the experiment. Participants will then be asked to read a list of traits that could describe a person on a PowerPoint slide shown on a laptop. Both groups will read a list of character-qualities, group A reading: intelligent—skillful—industrious—warm—determined—practical—cautious and group B reading: intelligent—skillful—industrious—cold—determined—practical—cautious. Each participant will then write a brief sketch on how they visualize a person that embodies these traits. These sketches provide a concrete vision of the impressions formed by the characteristics shown to the participants. Each participant then will complete a personality trait checklist of bipolar adjectives in which they will be asked to choose the word that is most

Literature on the topic of attractiveness is very extensive. The human face is something that catches every ones attention and more over the scientists as well the psychologists are interested in analyzing the ability of humans to extract information of the others. Several factors and features are associated with attractiveness. Some examples include facial symmetry, skin color, facial traits, clear skin and health of facial skin. It is hypothesized that facial symmetry is an important factors in measuring physical attractiveness. Different features may be perceived as attractive by different people.

A good trait is understood as a trait that is easier to see, such as extraversion. Finally, good information is the quantity and quality of what the target provides. (McDonald & Letzring, 2016). Ambady, Hallahan, and Rosenthal (1995) did a study looking at zero-acquaintance first impression accuracy. Specifically, they were looking to see if the role of personality, nonverbal skills, and gender could be potential moderators of judging and

Jones, W., Hansson, R., & Phillips, A. (1978). Physical attractiveness and judgments of psychopathology. The Journal of Social Psychology, 105, 79-84.

The study of personality traits is beneficial in identifying the many variables that exist from human to human; the combinations of these variables provide us with a true level of individuality and uniqueness. In the field of psychology, trait theory is considered to be a key approach to the study of human personality (Crowne, 2007; Burton, Westen & Kowalski, 2009). This paper aims to identify a number of significant contributors who have played crucial roles in both the development and application of trait theory. This paper then moves focus to these theorists, outlining their theory and analysing both the strengths and weaknesses of those theories. An illustration of the methods used in trait measurement is given and includes the

What is beauty? How do we decide who is attractive and who is not? Society is full of information telling us what is beautiful, but what fact is that information based on? The topic of beauty has been studied, analyzed and controversial for centuries. We all know the feeling you can have when you hear a beautiful song that brings joy to your heart, stand in a field of flowers that excites your eyes, or admire a face that is visually pleasing. As human beings, we are all drawn to beauty, but what is it that makes something beautiful? The controversial issue that surrounds beauty is that some believe that true beauty is defined by someone’s outer appearance, while others believe it is something that is experienced through a person’s

Appearance matters much more than most people would like to admit. It follows us day to day and it even helps us during important life interactions. The stereotype of “What is beautiful is good” is perceived as attractive people do good things and are considered to be socially desirable. Physically attractive people get showed more attention and are more positively viewed than unattractive people. It’s hard to figure out why exactly that is, though. Just because one person is more attractive to look at doesn’t make them any less interesting to talk to or any more fun to hang out with. It’s all in the way that attractive people are perceived. People who are considered to be physically attractive have many more