Look Gorgeous With Good Deeds, No Cream Or Lotions Needed
December 5, 2007
A new study has found that the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person’s personality. The individuals who exhibit positive traits such as honestly and helpfulness are perceived to be good-looking.
The study led by Gary W Lewandowski Jr, found that people who exhibit negative traits, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers. The participants of this study viewed photographs of the opposite sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information on personality traits. After personality information was received participants also rated the desirability of each individual as a friend and as a dating partner.
Information on personality was found to significantly alter perceived desirability, showing that cognitive processes and expectations modify judgments of attractiveness. The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater desirability as a friend which leads to greater desirability as a romantic partner and ultimately to being views as more physically attractive. The results remained consistent regardless of how “attractive” the individual was initially perceived to be, or of participants current relationship status or commitment level with a partner.
The study stimulates a more typical context in which seeing the person’s appearance precedes learning about their personality and shows that perceptions of a person’s physical attractiveness may change over time due to their positive or negative traits. According to Lewandowski,” This research provides a more positive alternative by reminding people that personality goes a long way towards determining your attractiveness. It can even change people’s impressions of how good looking you are.”
Source: ANI, Washington
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Ah yes, as the ‘ol saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
So many of us worry about our physical faults, yet with a glowing, no one really pays attention to them. The onlooker is so absorbed in that persons eyes or physical expressions or kind words or hands that they haven’t the time of day for what’s perceived a fault.
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Debs
I truly agree with you, Debs.