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Seven raters watched all of the videos and evaluated the physical attractiveness of the participants jointly. Then to control for possible halo effects influencing the results, the participants physical attractiveness was evaluated separately by a new team of raters. Interrater reliability was high for both evaluations, with the assortative mating correlation being higher when the subjects were evaluated separately (i.e the partners were less 'matched' in looks when evaluated apart.) | Seven raters watched all of the videos and evaluated the physical attractiveness of the participants jointly. Then to control for possible halo effects influencing the results, the participants physical attractiveness was evaluated separately by a new team of raters. Interrater reliability was high for both evaluations, with the assortative mating correlation being higher when the subjects were evaluated separately (i.e the partners were less 'matched' in looks when evaluated apart.) | ||
It was discovered that the longer the participants 'waited' before dating, the less their levels of physical attractiveness correlated with each other. Thus, although the authors of the study seemed to attempt to portray this fact in a positive light (e.g 'leveling the playing field',) the study demonstrated that women make less attractive males wait longer in the 'friend zone' before they will initiate a relationship with them, if they do at all. | It was discovered that the longer the participants 'waited' before dating, the less their levels of physical attractiveness correlated with each other. Thus, although the authors of the study seemed to attempt to portray this fact in a positive light (e.g 'leveling the playing field',) the study demonstrated that women make less attractive males wait longer in the 'friend zone' before they will initiate a relationship with them, if they do at all. | ||
To some extent this result can be regarded as evidence for the Sexy Sons hypothesis, proposed by statistician and geneticist Ronald Fisher (1930). His theory states that beauty may have evolved by a feedback loop ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy_son_hypothesis Fisherian Runaway]) to become so attractive that women are readily willing to copulate with a beautiful male irrespective of other considerations (e.g. his ability or willingness to provide). While the same does hold true for men, they can afford to be much more promiscuous anyhow because they do not need to carry out the child and do not need to consider women's ability to provide (Bateman's principle of differential parental investment). | |||
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*Hunt LL, Eastwick PW, Finkel EJ. 2015. ''Leveling the Playing Field: Longer Acquaintance Predicts Reduced Assortative Mating on Attractiveness.'' Psychological Science. 26(7): 1046-1053. [[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/504114b1e4b0b97fe5a520af/t/55f09bafe4b0f0a5b7e04f6b/1441831855396/HuntEastwickFinkel2015PSci.pdf FullText]] | *Hunt LL, Eastwick PW, Finkel EJ. 2015. ''Leveling the Playing Field: Longer Acquaintance Predicts Reduced Assortative Mating on Attractiveness.'' Psychological Science. 26(7): 1046-1053. [[https://static1.squarespace.com/static/504114b1e4b0b97fe5a520af/t/55f09bafe4b0f0a5b7e04f6b/1441831855396/HuntEastwickFinkel2015PSci.pdf FullText]] | ||
* Fisher R. 1930. ''The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection.'' The Clarendon Press. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Genetical_Theory_of_Natural_Selection WikiArticle]] | |||
==''Face''== | ==''Face''== | ||