Common maxims about beauty suggest that attractiveness is not important in life. In contrast,
both fitness-related evolutionary theory and socialization theory suggest that attractiveness …

Social competence is of great interest to developmental psychopathologists and is assessed
frequently in both basic and applied research. A review of the literature reveals not only …

In Exp I, peer perceptual correlates of social preference (SP) and social impact (SI) were
investigated with 311 3rd, 5th, and 8th graders. SP was highly positively related to …

The consistency of physical attractiveness ratings across cultural groups was examined. In
Study 1, recently arrived native Asian and Hispanic students and White Americans rated the …

Mirror, Mirror... examines the hidden truth about good looks. Through extensive research of
scholarly studies and popular culture, the authors provide a lively and comprehensive view …

Two studies, one with 2-to 3-month-olds and one with 6-to 8-month-olds, were conducted to
examine infant preferences for attractive faces. A standard visual preference technique was …

The study was designed to test several hypotheses derived from intergroup theory
concerning the effects of the presence of a novel social category on the formation of …

Meta-analysis was used to test hypotheses about the relationship between physical
attractiveness and intellectual competence. In support of status generalization theory and …

4 fourth-grade boys, each different social status types-rejected, popular, neglected, and
average-met in play groups once a week for 6 weeks. 5 groups were of boys from the same …

Abstract Dion, Berscheid, and Walster (1972), in their seminal article, labeled the attribution
of positive characteristics to attractive people the “beauty—is—good” stereotype. The …