Visual Attention as a Function of Sex and Apparel of Stimulus Object: Who Looks at Whom?.

Rosenwasser, Shirley Miller; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ296543

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Publication Date: 1983

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Visual Attention as a Function of Sex and Apparel of Stimulus Object: Who Looks at Whom?

Rosenwasser, Shirley Miller; And Others

Social Behavior and Personality, v11 n2 p11-15 1983

Examined same-sex awareness by comparing the visual attention of 51 college students toward stimulus persons. Results showed men looked longer at slides of women both clothed and in bathing suits than slides of men, and women looked longest at slides of clothed women. Results suggested intrasex competitiveness and intersex attraction. (JAC)

Descriptors: Clothing, College Students, Competition, Higher Education, Interpersonal Attraction, Physical Characteristics, Sex Differences, Sex Role

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