Mirror, Mirror: The Importance of Looks in Everyday Life (Suny Series, Sexual Behavior)
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0887061249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ken Johnson said perfect condition - rated as excellent. rate as excellent - perfect condition. "Classical social experiments of human appearance" according to A Customer. I first read Elaine Hatfield's (et al.) book after being referred to it by a nationally used Intro to Psychology Textbook. Her book reveals, through objective experiments, how the human race interprets appearances and judges people based on looks. Quite intriguing. One of the classical experiments discussed involved
Through extensive research of scholarly studies and popular culture, the authors provide a lively and comprehensive view of what behavioral scientists have learned about the effects of personal appearance. The authors show that through time these reaction patterns have their effect and that good-looking and unattractive persons come to be different types of people. Mirror, Mirror reviews the stereotypes held about people with specific characteristics and it explains the impact of height, weight, and attributes such as hair color, eye color and facial hair on the course of social encounters. The book explores the view that people believe good-looking individuals possess almost all the virtues known to humankind; consequently they treat the good-looking and ugly very differently. Mirror, Mirror examines the hidden truth about good looks. To show the relative nature of concepts of beauty, the authors also present examples of what other cultures consider attractive.. A wealth of illustrations and photographs give visual support to t