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Download full textDowns, A. Chris – 1983
Providing a framework for a symposium exploring the influence of physical attractiveness on the socialization process, this paper (1) offers a working definition of physical attractiveness, (2) reviews stereotypes associated with attractiveness, and (3) discusses a social network perspective on the influence of attractiveness. Physical…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Cultural Influences, Definitions
Tapp, Elizabeth; Downs, A. Chris – 1983
Parents' reactions to the attractiveness of children and the influence of children's gender on parents' reactions were investigated. It was expected that, when rating attractive children, parents would give higher evaluations and have greater expectations than when rating unattractive children. It was further expected that parents would exhibit…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Children, Comparative Analysis
Zareh, Frances; Mayer, Stephen – 1983
Research on white college males has shown that people have a more complex schema regarding in-groups than out-groups. In an attempt to replicate the studies (Linville and Jones) on cognitive complexity and liking with a noncollege, racially and sexually mixed population, 60 randomly selected adult males and females read three vignettes describing…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Bias, Blacks
