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Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?, Amber Fetsch
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?, Amber Fetsch
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
This study was done to determine if a person’s idea of attractiveness is based on more than just looks. This could be beneficial to know when meeting people and having a better understanding of why you surround yourself with the people you do. Twenty-four undergraduate students were recruited to rate models on a scale of attractiveness in a packet. There were 12 variations of the packets. Six of the packets just showed pictures of three men and three women. The other six packets showed the same pictures but also included income and job information. The ratings of the attractiveness of …
How Shallow Are We?, Amber Fetsch, Jake Jalinsky
How Shallow Are We?, Amber Fetsch, Jake Jalinsky
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
This experiment was performed to determine whether people make decisions about others based on their appearance and/of how interesting they are. To perform this study the researchers first recruited participants from the Lindenwood Participant Pool. For the experiment the researchers showed the participants a slide show with pictures of the models, read a question followed by reading the model’s response to the question. The model’s response was based on her personality, whether it is interesting or uninteresting. After the slide show was shown to the participants they were handed a survey consisting of two rating scales, one for attractiveness and …