Why Does the Best-Looking Person in the Room Always Seem to Be Surrounded by Admirers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13650981 |
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| Authors | Wayne E Hensley (Virginia Tech, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 457-458 |
| Publication date | 1992-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1992.70.2.457 |
| OpenAlex | W2061850290 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
When asked to rank attributes of interpersonal attraction, people typically place physical attractiveness below many other qualities. Yet when the opportunity arises, they choose to interact with physically attractive others. Social exchange theory suggests that this behavior is quite reasonable since the assessment cost of physical attractiveness is minimal
Attraction · Attractiveness · Interpersonal attraction · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal interaction · Interpersonal relationship · Physical attractiveness · Psychoanalysis · Rank (graph theory · Social exchange theory · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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