...knowledge. A man is different from a beast only for his brain that makes him learn to differentiate between good and evil. Physical beauty is an added quality. Life is enlightened for brains and not for beauty. A beautiful appearance with dull brains is of no use. On the other hand, a bugle appearance having a powerful brain can produce something for human welfare. So, brains have got prominence over beauty. Beauty and brains are two vital factors foe humans. Someone would prefer having beautiful and good looking appearance and feel they are very lucky. On the other hand, someone would prefer having brains. I would prefer having brains than beauty. Beauty is a comparative idea. Someone may be exceptionally beautiful wouldn’t last for life-time. One’s physical beauty can easily be abated. So the stability of physical attraction is not getting guarantee for life-time. If a beautiful women or a handsome man loses physical attraction, she or he would fail getting response from other people. It is sometimes said that brain or talent is god-gifted thing. If it is such a thing, it requires nourishment properly. If one’s brain is not is not used, he or she is surely to be a worthless creature. Through use or practice of brain a man can do lot for himself, for his society, for his country and even for the world. A man who can do a lot for himself, for have physical beauty necessarily. A man of brains can easily win the heart of common people through his invaluable services to the mankind...
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...In this interesting field study by Dutton and Aron (1974), a variety of experiments determine whether high-anxiety situations caused an increase in sexual attraction. It means that sexual attractions increase vigorously due to strong emotion. People will have higher attraction when they cross on a fear-inducing bridge. In this experiment, young man crossed a bridge, which more than 200 feet above a river. After that, woman asked ask male to fill out a survey. When they had finished, the woman wrote cell phone number and her name on a piece of paper. Moreover, she invited them to call her if they felt interested. More than 50% of people called back her after they crossed the bridge. On the other way, significantly less people called back her if they crossed on a low solid bridge. The result showed that misattribution of arousal occurs. It is a term in psychology which describes the process of people makes a mistake when they feel aroused. People felt arousal due to the height of the bridge. They misattributed it as romantic or sexual attraction to the woman. As a result, those are more likely to call her. Arousal caused by the height of this bridge was misattributed as attraction by the male who were interviewed by an attractive female when they crossed it. In my view, emotion is combination of cognition and arousal. Initially, I think that I process emotional experiences in straightforward way. I find the target and then emotion created. For example, I had something made me...
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...The subjects of attraction and beauty are topics I have almost always found to be very curious and intriguing, so I was very excited to learn about them in this chapter. Before reading this chapter, I questioned whether our attraction to physical beauty is a disposition we are born with or if it is something that we become more responsive to due to the way our society promotes and idolizes it. I also wonder why people become so obsessed with this idea of physical beauty that they are willing to take extreme measures to obtain it. In this chapter, I was very surprised to learn that our attraction to beauty is not entirely the result of the culture we are raised in, but it is also due to our human nature. A study described in this chapter found that infants (too young to have been affected by culture’s idea of beauty)spent more time staring at attractive faces versus unattractive faces (p. 347).This supports the idea that we are born to favor physical beauty. But how do we classify what is beautiful? I think the idea, proposed by Judith Langlois and Lori Roggman, makes a lot of sense. They proposed that people tend to find “averaged” faces as attractive because they are more prototypical and familiar (p. 347). This made sense to me because in my introductory to psychology class, we learned that when people are asked to imagine an apple, they picture a red, shiny, flawless apple. We do this because it’s easier for our brain to take a shortcut by imagining an average of all...
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...ABSTRACT by john T APPEARANCE and Politica Success It is common for people to mistake appearance for looks. Looks are what you were born with; appearance is how you manage and present those looks; however ordinary or extraordinary they may be. From that perspective, it really does not matter what you look like in terms of constructing and presenting a winning appearance. According to an article by Business Insider, success also relies on how one is perceived. Studies show that looks can play an important factor in career advancement. Researchers have found that physical traits like facial structure, hair color, and weight can all affect a person’s pay check. Men who are at least 6′ tall make an average salary of $5,525 more than their shorter, 5’5 counterparts, says Harvard University. Another study took a poll of fortune 500 companies CEOs and on average, male CEOs were three inches taller than the average man at just under 6′.For every three inches taller than average they are, women earn 5 to 8 percent more money than women of average height. Symmetry is a sign of perceived beauty and people who are attractive make a considerable amount more than everyone else. Rick Wilson of Rice University studied “Fiscal Attraction.” He found a correlation between good looks and success. He found that the better a person looks, the more other people trust them. One finding in particular showed that the more people smiled, they more they were seen as trustworthy over those who kept...
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...self-esteem as a child. She had believed that she was very unattractive, I would even go as far as saying a misfit. She disliked her physical appearance, which means she couldn’t accurately describe herself using observable characteristics. In our textbook Myers states “Our self-concepts include not only our self-schemas about who we currently are but also who we might become – our possible selves.” So Cindy already had a plan thought out about who she knew she’d become. She had a wish list from 1987 that included the changes she wanted to go through. Some of her changes included wider, less tired-looking eyes, a small feminine nose, high cheekbones, fuller lips, perfect white teeth, a smaller, more delicate jaw and chin, eradication of premature facial wrinkles, a flawless, unlined complexion, and a few more changes. I think when she was younger she suffered identity issues. She even went as far as considering herself a ragdoll at the age of 6. She basically wanted to be a real life Barbie. She wanted to be practically perfect and she never had any intentions on growing old, she wants to look young forever. She wanted to look better so she believed that going through this transformation would make her able to fit into society perfectly. She went from having no self-esteem to having plentiful. Physical Attractiveness Stereotype of Interpersonal Attraction Factor Cindy Jackson has various interviews with...
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...fall in love with and in fact in this comedy film some men did although some seemed more obsessed than in love. It all starts with a man named Ted, that fell head over heals over Mary in high school but unfortunately lost touch with her over the years. After a few years Ted decides to find her and hires a sketchy private investigator recommended by his friend Dom, named Healy to find Mary, who then falls for Mary when he finds her but in the process he crashes into a guy named Tucker. Tucker is also a friend of Mary’s and is head over heels for her as well and gets in the way of Healy’s schematic newfound relationship with Mary. All these guys knew Mary including Dom and had created a relationship with her but Mary had a slight more attraction for Ted and Healy. Unfortunately every man had lied about their lives to Mary in order to stay on good terms with her or to impress her. After Ted had regained contact with Mary and as Mary was falling for Ted and leaving Healy behind Dom wrote a letter to Mary revealing how Ted had found her and Healy as well and ruined the relationships between the guys and Mary. Dom did this because he had a clear obsession with her. Mary also finds out that Tucker ruined her relationship with her ex-boyfriend in the past in order to break them up due to his obsession with her. In the end Mary is left to decide who to choose to be with and Ted, the nice guy with a great heart decides to bring Mary’s ex back into her life because all he desires is to...
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...Saying “I do” to your mate the right way Everyone eventually meets the man or woman of their dreams. Whether it’s online or in your local grocery store, everyone is bound to meet their perfect match. According to Harville Hendrix, the author of the article The Mystery of Attraction, he mentions that there are three theories that he has noticed or have looked more into and he also has his own theory. The three theories that he mentions are as follows: biological theory, exchange theory, and the persona theory. When it comes to his own theory, Hendrix states that of the conscious theory. Although Hendrix provides in depth detail of the three theories, I do not agree in those theories and therefore believe in Hendrix’ own theory. The first theory that Hendrix describes is that of the biological theory, which means that women select men who are that of “alpha” qualities. They choose men who will provide for their future family or supply themselves with nourishment. Society makes men feel that they have all the weight on their shoulders and men are made to fulfill the manly duties. When I look for certain men, I choose men that have an attractive personality. Some people just choose the looks, but I focus more on the way he portrays himself in front of me and other people. My dating experience has been bumpy and slow these past years. I have only had one boyfriend and have learned nothing. As everyone always says that you always find your soul mate in college, I believe...
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...excited that the birthmark had disappeared but shortly after Georgiana had passed away. Knowing that he husband did not like her with her birthmark and her feeling like a disgrace to her husband she agreed to allow her husband to get rid of the birthmark, before she had no issue with her birthmark. Her husband was only worried about what was on the inside, and by getting rid of the birthmark he was messing with God’s design especially when she trusted him so much that she took the potion and later on died. There are some people in society that will only look at a person on the outside and only worry about the beauty of a person on the outside. In The Birthmark this is what Aylmer does when he looks at Georgiana. He looks at her physical appearance and wants to remove the birthmark. He does...
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...consists of mental images an individual has of oneself: physical appearance, health, accomplishments, skills, social talents, roles, intellectual traits, and emotional states and more –all make up our self-concept. The development process begins at about six or seven months of age. The child begins to recognize “self” as distinct from surroundings. They stare at anything they see, including their own body parts; hands, feet, toes, and fingers. As they grow, their sense of identity expands through interactions with others –creating self-esteem levels that become the “booster” for the ability to interact. As people’s outcomes in life depend heavily on how others perceive and evaluate them, they are motivated to convey certain impressions of themselves to others and to refrain from conveying other, undesired impressions. Thus, no matter what else they may be doing, people typically monitor and control their impressions, i.e. a process known as: self-presentation. A great deal of human behaviour is, in part, determined or constrained by people’s concerns with others’ impressions and evaluations of them. ’I’m too short’’. ‘’I’m too tall’’. ‘’I would be happier if I were skinnier, fatter, had bigger muscles, smaller ears, had straight hair, curly hair’’. Do any of these statements ring a bell? Are you used to demoralizing yourself? If so, you are not alone. As a teenager, our body changes dramatically, so does our physical image. These changes are hard to believe, seeing...
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...A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In this extract we are presented with Scrooge. From the beginning Scrooge is presented as a miser. In the extract we find out that he is an old, rude and ignorant man that doesn’t appreciate others around him. Dickens uses different language techniques to describe Scrooges appearance as clear as possible. In the opening paragraph Dickens uses imagery to create a vivid impression of Scrooge. He is described as ‘a tight-fisted hand at the grind-stone’, and this metaphor suggests that Scrooge works hard for his money but is very tight with his money. In the opening lines Dickens includes similes. ‘Hard and sharp as a flint.’ Flint is a hard stone that was used with iron to create sparks before people used matches. This makes me think that Scrooge would have very sharp features, a pointy nose and always has a scowl on his face. This then gives you an idea of what Scrooge looks like. The other simile in the opening line is ‘solitary as an oyster’, this shows that Scrooge is alone. He is a solitary person, who avoids other people. This quotation is also an example of foreshadowing. Overtime oysters open up and inside them are a pearl, Dickens has used this because throughout the book Scrooge will eventually begin to open up. Also in the first paragraph of the extract Charles Dickens uses alliteration. ‘Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.’ The effect that the alliteration gives makes you focus on the words more. The words ‘secret’...
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... However this is what most people base their opinions on. If you would get to know ones hidden characteristics along with their visual we could understand a person more in their diversity. Understanding the hidden Not only can diversity be seen there is some diversity that cannot be known unless we get to know the person better. For instance, Jenna, (profiled in; ‘My Place: The Place for Diversity’) would be judged based on her visual characteristics. If you were see her at the store she would be judged based upon the way she looked and by her appearance. An...
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...Evaluation and Judgment • What are the different ways in which we evaluate people? We evaluate other people by their physical appearance, career, culture, possessions, or even family history. When first meeting someone we tend to evaluate them by physical appearance we see their hair color, body type, clothing style, facial features, and body gestures. We tend to categorize people by physical appearance even before knowing what type of person they really are this is known as first impression. If a person has tattoos and piercing, many may evaluate that person as a drug user or in a gang. We may evaluate others by their career choice, people will tend to feel lawyers are all greedy liars and doctors are all very intelligent. People who move into a new neighborhood may evaluate their neighbors by the size of their home or the kind of car they drive. People also tend to evaluate people based on where they live or how they grew up. If hearing a certain family name, and that family has a reputation for alcoholism, people will evaluate that all family members drink heavily. Many aspects in life can affect the way people evaluate others. • How do these factors play a role in our expectations of other people? People tend to expect certain behaviors from others based on first impressions or evaluations. We use these expectations to communicate with others. If we see a person as attractive, intelligent, rich we may expect their behaviors and intentions as good and want to form a relationship...
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...selling cosmetics. In which I am betting she doesn’t even use herself, because if there is a flaw in her mind she corrects it with surgery, so why does she need cosmetics? I think that her self-esteem is still extremely low even after all the surgeries and it has been from the start. The physical attractiveness of a person influences every individual throughout every community, across the United States and around the world. All people inherit and alter their physical attractiveness, which is determined by complex, interdependent, physical, and non-physical factors. Hidden and not-hidden values drive thoughts and actions with significant effects and realities whereby higher physical attractiveness is beneficial, lower physical attractiveness is detrimental and associated pursuits are relentless. Physical attractiveness may look skin-deep as a surface aspect of appearance, but looks can be deceiving. Researchers throughout the world collect empirical data complemented with anecdotal data to probe beyond the surfaces. Through investigations that meet meticulous scientific methodological procedures, acute observations reveal previously undetected dimensions that advance understanding about physical attractiveness (Patzer, 2006). I think the mass media has a huge influence on her. Even according her, she wants to look like Barbie “I looked at a Barbie doll when I was 6 and said, ‘This is what I want to look like.’ She spent $100,000 on the operations because she ‘wanted to look better’...
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...recent years there has been much research to support the fact that physical attractiveness can greatly influence an individual’s employment opportunities. Beginning at a very early age, young children can and do notice the attractiveness of both peers and adults; and subconsciously base decisions on these factors. This trend continues throughout adolescence and into adulthood where an individual’s outward appearance can greatly influence a superior’s impression and perceived social value of the individual. From a very early age, young children are able to perceive the attractiveness of their peers. Judgments made based off of physical appearance can be seen in children as young as four years old. In a study conducted at the University of Toronto, young children were asked to nominate peers who they believed exhibited specific social behaviors such as aggressiveness, independence, friendliness, etc. The children had no prior contact with each other yet in nearly every case the less attractive children were associated with the negative attributes, while the more attractive children the positive attributes. (Dion & Berscheid, 1974) Similar to the results of the children’s peer study, teachers can also be influenced by the physical characteristics of their students. In an article published by Richard Tompkins and Myron Boor, an experiment designed to test the effects that a student’s physical appearance can have on a teacher’s perception of the student’s social and academic...
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...Inner Beauty and Physical Beauty Beauty is defined as the qualities of a person that delight and please the minds of other people. The two major beauties are inner beauty and physical beauty. Inner beauty consists of the qualities that one cannot see but can still sense. Physical beauty consists of the qualities that one can see, and is often inherited from a parent or ancestor. These two beauties often have an impact on personal success and happiness. Inner beauty is based on the personality, attitude, traits, and the way people represents themselves to the world. Inner beauty is decorous and constantly makes other people happy. Physical beauty is an individual’s outer appearance such as body type, hair, eye color, face features, skin type, etc. This is the beauty in which other people see first. People often mistakenly label the physical beauty as inner beauty. Another difference between inner beauty and physical beauty is how that beauty is achieved. Inner beauty relates to how people behave. It can be changed through actions, manners and behaviors. Physical beauty is largely inherited from parents. But physical beauty can also be changed with cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery. People often choose such interventions to make a more acceptable image. The importance of the two beauties is the quality. Many people feel inner beauty is more important and pure than physical beauty. It does not lie and involves the heart, mind and soul. Inner beauty...
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