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Beauty of Symmetry. In the study depicted in the video, eight out of every ten participants in the study preferred the symmetrical face of either the man or the woman. The researcher believes that the responses to symmetry are largely subconscious, and that they are related to physical and genetic health because of the fact that symmetry is determined in the womb. In Is your Face Attractive? the researchers show that 81%of men prefer "feminine" faces; and the majority of women prefer manly faces. It is suggested that the diff in face preference is caused by sex hormones.
Shapely Figures. The researcher uses software that scans with an eye tracker to see where the person is looking at the images and for how long at each spot. The researcher found that there is a part of the brain that is activated when looking at the human body in particular, and mainly to the hip and waist areas when judging whether figure is male or female. In Sexy Swaying Bodies, both the "hip sway" for women and the masculine "swagger" for men were perceived to be attractive. When people change the way they walk, it is to conform to the extremes of their gender. The researcher concludes that the preferences are not necessarily about health and fertility but also about easy to process categories of gender perception. The researcher also wanted to understand when young children start to recognize differences between male and female bodies. It appears that by the age of six, children make judgments and classifications on gender because the four-year-old subjects see the differences in the bodies but does not place those bodies into gendered categories. The six-year-olds, on the other hand, do.
3. Signals of the Flesh. This study...
The people base their reactions on factors like complexion, whether or not there are blemishes and what times, tone of skin, and smoothness. The responses to skin patches are "deeply rooted in human evolution" because skin signals health. In particular, testosterone production can inhibit immune system and resistance to parasites. The skin signals overall health.
4. Sexy Voices. In this study, the participants rate voices for sex appeal. The researchers found that men prefer higher, softer voices that are more "feminine" to them; whereas women prefer men with deeper more "masculine" voices. It is believed that young women and women with high estrogen have higher pitched voices and that men prefer these women for reproductive attractiveness. Similarly, the female participants preferred the deeper voices in males as being men who are "stronger" or "bigger" because pitch is related to testosterone at puberty and testosterone levels with being a good sexual partner.
5. Incestuous Instincts and Unsexy Scents. These studies show that there are biological and genetically programmed markers that make people averse to their own gene pool. In Unsexy Scents, the researchers show that individuals may be biologically predisposed to find the smells of their relatives aversive, likely as a means of protecting against incest. The smells are perceived of as being "unsexy." This is because closely related individuals have similar scents. Moreover, incest leads to problems in a genetic line such as compromised immune system. Incest avoidance is therefore built into human…
references change depending on ovulation. Specifically, they prefer masculine appearances when they are ovulating and more feminine features when they are not. Women are as "driven to promiscuity" as men are. Monogamy may still be a choice, and the life partner may be someone who has good "dad traits," but have sex with men who have the "attractive" genes that signal they will make for "good offspring." In "Is Monogamy the Answer," the film examines the contradiction between being hard wired for promiscuity but the drive for monogamy and love in a committed relationship. The film also shows that 90% of prairie voles are monogamous and in those that are, the males have high levels of vasopressin hormone. The promiscuous voles have less vasopressin. Vasopressin was previously thought to be a kidney function hormone but now it is linked with tendency toward monogamy. Oxytocin is in the brains of monogamous women as the female counterpart to vasopressin.
The second way is that individuals, specifically children can become desensitized to violence. This is because, daily exposure to violence may make one lose their emotional impact on them. Apparently, when one becomes emotionally numb, it becomes easier for them to engage in violence (Harding). The General Aggression Model This is a model that attempts to explain both the development of aggression an individual differences in susceptibility to the influence of
Interactivity in Video Games and Movies Information technology has changed the way we live in today's world. Everything from our television to our cell phones are connected through network medium. Computers define the way we do many of the things in our lives, such as, how we maintain our bills and expenses to even conducting business activities online. Therefore, it comes as no surprise to know that the gaming industry
" Despite the fact that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" social and economic norms and standards make a clear difference between women in particular when it comes to their tagging in the society. There is a clear cut idea that the attribute of "beautiful" or "attractive" is also synonymous to higher rates of productivity. Beautiful women are considered to be better assets for the companies and employers tend
) In any case, an advertising mechanism that presents a flattering image that is consistent with the way people in the target audience most want to view themselves is likely to be very successful. In that respect, the Coca-Cola ad employs the same principle as pioneered and perfected by the tobacco companies in the middle of the twentieth century: "If one wants to be & #8230; a 'real man' then one
In many ways, students live both in the land-based or physical world as well as in the virtual world; leading what some considers parallel lives. Helliwell & Putman (2004) posit that social networking sites may offer an avenue for the development of greater social capital which may serve to further reinforce students' likelihood of integrating Facebook and other social media sites into their regular routines. A suggestion made as to the
Women Objectification Women's Objectification in Society Women's Objectification in Society It is crucial to notice the language we use when we talk about bodies. We speak as if there was one collective perfect body, a singular entity that we're all after. The trouble is, I think we are after that one body. We grew up with the impression that underneath all this normal flesh, buried deep in the excessive recesses of our healthy