IS BEAUTY IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER? SIGNS OF WEALTH AND INTEREST IN THE PERCEIVER AS THE DETERMINANTS OF THE PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX

• Authors: Sorokowski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Young participants (N=144) varying in material status were asked in a field experiment to rate physical attractiveness of an opposite sex person who varied in apparent material wealth (high vs. low) and interest in dating the perceiver (interest vs. no information). The result showed that men (but not women) increased their ratings of attractiveness of the target person interested in dating them. Women (but not men) perceived the wealthy target as more physically attractive. This, however, was found only in unwealthy women who were convinced that the man was interested in dating them. The results were discussed in terms of evolutionary-based sex differences in reproductive strategies.

Keywords

EN

PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCES; SOCIO-ECONOMICAL STATUS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 71-80
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sorokowski P.

• P. Sorokowski, Uniwersytet Wroclawski, Instytut Psychologii, ul. J. Dawida 1, 50-527 Wroclaw, Poland; contact address: ul. Kruczkowskiego 1A, 48-300 Nysa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01322984