attraction

• attraction


  more attracted to people who are physically good looking
• attraction


  evolutionary explanation is physical indications of health, facial symmetry and resource indicate good genes, we want best genes possible for offspring
• halo effect


  people with physical characteristic of physical attractiveness are also assumed to be as successful in other areas of life, eg. intelligent, hardworking, sociable
• halo effect


  can result in others interacting more positively towards them, resulting in them actually becoming more successful
• matching hypothesis


  cannot all mate with most attractive members of our population
• matching hypothesis


  we realistically appraise our own attractiveness in relationships to others
• matching hypothesis


  we look for romantic partners who are at a similar level of attractiveness
• matching hypothesis


  we avoid pain of rejection by not chasing partners we see as too attractive
• matching hypothesis


  retain our partners by not choosing someone who will leave us for someone else