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→People broadly agree on who is good looking or not, and it affects every aspect of life
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According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | According to this data, the positive or negative impacts of one's attractiveness can be universally appreciated and resonate through an entire lifetime. | ||
Details for the nerds: The inter-rater agreement in terms of [Cronbach's α https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronbach%27s_alpha] is typically around \alpha = .9. People agree strongly about the extremes (very attractive and unattractive), but they have diverse tastes about the mid range. For a person with average attractiveness, their ratings vary with about 2-3 standard deviations on a 10-point scale which is quite a lot (Wood, 2009). | |||
<span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''Data:'''</span> | ||
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<span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | <span style="font-size:125%">'''References:'''</span> | ||
* Langlois JH, Kalakanis L, Rubenstein AJ, Larson A, Haiam M, Smoot M. 2000. ''Maxims or Myths of Beauty? A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review.'' Psychological Bulletin. 126(3): 390-423. [[https://psycnet.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.390 Abstract]] [[http://jonathanstray.com/papers/Langlois.pdf FullText]] | * Langlois JH, Kalakanis L, Rubenstein AJ, Larson A, Haiam M, Smoot M. 2000. ''Maxims or Myths of Beauty? A Meta-Analytic and Theoretical Review.'' Psychological Bulletin. 126(3): 390-423. [[https://psycnet.apa.org/getdoi.cfm?doi=10.1037/0033-2909.126.3.390 Abstract]] [[http://jonathanstray.com/papers/Langlois.pdf FullText]] | ||
* Wood D, Brumbaugh C C. 2009. ''Using Revealed Mate Preferences to Evaluate Market Force and Differential Preference Explanations for Mate Selection.'' [[http://doi.org/10.1037/a0015 Abstract]] [[https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0cb0/ad55235f09832dc9f28d1bbde9e86ea1a402.pdf FullText]] | |||
===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">It takes less than one second for people to accurately judge beauty</span>=== | ===<span style="font-family:'Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times, serif'; font-size:24px; font-weight: normal;">It takes less than one second for people to accurately judge beauty</span>=== | ||