Physical Attractiveness is More Important Than Any Other Factors When Looking for a Potential Date
This experiment was conducted to test the experimental hypothesis; ‘Physical
attractiveness is more important then any other factors when looking
for a potential date’. The experiment investigated whether physical
attractiveness really is the key factor, which determines a
relationship or not i.e. if the individual is good looking then a
relationship would be formed. The design of the experiment was
independent design. The experimenter conducted a questionnaire, which
included characteristics associated with personality and physical
attractiveness. These questionnaires were then handed out to ten
participants who were from Westminster Kingsway college they were
chosen trough opportunity sampling. Participants had to chose
characteristics that are most important to them and these
characteristics were then grouped into two categories. It was found
that the experimental hypothesis had to be rejected, as results were
not significant enough. The Wilcoxon sign ranks test proved this, as
the significant level was 0.05 and the critical value was <11 at the
stage of ten participant. Thus we had to accept our null hypothesis,
which was “other factor are more important then physical
attractiveness when looking for a potential date”.
Introduction:
One of the most important aspect of psychology and social psychology
is the study of relationships we have with others. Therefore much of
the psychological research into social and interpersonal relationship
has focused on romantic love.
Psychological research has identified a number of f...
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Total negative T = 10 + 3 +3 = 16
Total positive T = 3 + 8 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 8 + 3 = 31
T least value of both T
We reject 31 and accept T = 16
N = 10
One -tailed hypothesis
Significant Level P <0. 05
T Criticle is less than or equal to 11
RESULT NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE EXPERIMENTAL HYPOTHESIS.
THEREFORE WE ACCEPT THE NULL HYPOTHESIS.
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