Annotated Bibliography Laeng, B. Vermeer, O., Sulutvedt U. “Is Beauty in the Face of the Beholder?” Plos One. (2013): 6-7 Ebscohost. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. Summary: Research in this are suggests that the beholder of beauty sees his / her in the face they are observing. This means that in order to find another person attractive we must see a resemblance of ourselves in them. The studies suggest that another person, symmetrical in appearance, averagely proportionate, and of moderate relation will be considered attractive to the on looker. This is what they called “homogamy” people who are similar are attracted to one another, more so than non-similar people. In the end lovers clearly preferred their partners morphed pictures which showed 20% …show more content…
The purpose is to show how and why people react to attractiveness. The author’s make the purpose clear that they have the intention to inform their peers about new research they have discovered new data on beauty and attractiveness. Reflection: From this article I can understand how and why some people in today’s culture are deemed attractive. Some faces have average (universal) attractiveness and have similarities to many different types of people. Appeals: The information given in this data is all based on proven fact. The point of view appears objective like my other sources and it is also impartial. There are no emotional appeals whatsoever. There also are no ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases. Pankarato M, Berry TR, McHugh T-LF “Effects of Reading Health and Apperance Excersise Magazine Articles on Perceptions of Attractiveness and Reasons for Exercise?” Plos One. (2013): 70-85 Ebscohost. Web. 28 Nov. 2013. …show more content…
This is from our schools Database also. The information is also supported by evidence in other sources. Research can be found from Huyang Y. who discussed how consumers react to advertising strategies. Purpose: The reason the information exists. The purpose is to show how and why people react to advertisements. The author’s make the purpose clear that they have the intention to inform their peers about new research they have discovered new data on advertisements and their sex appeals to the same/opposite gender. Reflection: I learned from this material that most women especially around college age are highly susceptible to the influence of the media and this greatly affects their self-image, be it negatively or positively (probably due to the age of this particular group and maturity). Appeals: The information given in this data is all based on proven fact. The point of view appears objective like my other sources and it is also impartial. There are no emotional appeals whatsoever. There also are no ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases. Lisa H. Rosen, Marion K. Underwood, Kurt J. Beron. “Peer victimization as a Mediator of the Relation Between Facial Attractiveness and Internalizing Problems?” Plos One. (2013): 53-59 Ebscohost. Web. 27 Nov.
“What Meets the Eye”, this topic absolutely caught my full attention in personalized reading list for "Psychology and Human Behavior" members. It was by Daniel Akst and it can be found in our textbook “The Writer’s Presence A Pool of Readings Eighth Edition” page three hundred twenty nine. Its topic has completely reflecting the main idea of this expository writing, my interpretation of it is what caught your attention? We are humans and we are much on the visualization basis. Almost everyone, we have to admit that we judge people at the first sight. Honestly, there is nothing wrong with it, but we also have to accept the fact that it is our prejudice; our perception cannot be always right and accurate. In the essay, author was trying to examine the value of physical attractiveness, its
know beauty in any form”(86). We are so conditioned to see female beauty as what men
With all three works I detailed in this analysis, literature details appearance; either with physical and psychological or even both. Appearance is what we as society’s base us on either with morality or what presents itself well.
Sarwer, D. B., Grossbart, T. A., & Didie, E. R. (2003). Beauty and society. Seminars in
“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart” (Kahlil). People focus more on the outward appearance instead of the inward appearance. One’s inward appearance is comprised of their character, values, morals, and the true nature of their heart. On the other hand, the outward appearance is composed of one’s dress and grooming. The inward and outward appearance determines whether or not a person is ugly or beautiful. The choices that we make also define whether or not one is ugly or beautiful; choices made in the past can sometimes be repeated in the future.
In the essay “What Meets the Eye”, Daniel Akst explains scientific facts about the beauty of men and women matters to people. He argues that attractive individuals receive attention, great social status, marries, and gets paid more on a job. One can disagree with Akst’s argument because anyone with the skills and knowledge, despite the appearance, can gain a decent relationship and can get paid well. Akst looks at beauty as if it can lead individuals to an amazing and successful life, but he is wrong. Nancy Mairs’ and Alice Walker’s views on beauty are explained internally and through self-confidence. Both women’s and Akst’s arguments on beauty share some similarities and differences in many ways, and an
Naomi Wolf's "The Beauty Myth," discusses the impact of our male-dominated society upon women. Wolf argues that women's most significant problems associated with societal pressures are a "fairly recent invention," dating back to the 1970s (6). She explains that women have "breached the power structure" by acquiring rights equal to men in areas such as, education, professional careers, and voting. As a result, Wolf suggests that the "beauty myth" is the "last one remaining of the old feminine ideologies that still has the power to control those women" (3). Considering that the beauty myth is women's last battle, the struggle is increasingly more difficult. Wolf claims that women are currently experiencing "a violent backlash against feminism," noting the recent rise in eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, and objectification of women's bodies (3,2). While Wolf accurately defines the beauty myth, she incorrectly states that eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, and pornography are recent issues, resulting from an intentional "backlash" against women's rights.
Human’s put a tremendous amount of brain energy and time into obtaining happiness, which is normally associated with finding the “perfect” mate. Many aspects go into the process that is used to determine if one person is better suited than another. Appearance, age, and personality all contribute to someone’s level of attraction to another. Opposites attract is a common myth stating that those levels of attraction are based of extreme differences between the individuals and that difference is what produces the attraction.
The authors of this article have outlined the purpose, aims, and objectives of the study. It also provides the methods used which is quantitative approach to collect the data, the results, conclusion of the study. It is important that the author should present the essential components of the study in the abstract because the abstract may be the only section that is read by readers to decide if the study is useful or not or to continue reading (Coughlan, Cronin, and Ryan, 2007; Ingham-Broomfield, 2008 p.104; Stockhausen and Conrick, 2002; Nieswiadomy, 2008 p.380).
As stated by ‘The Duchess’, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s famous quote “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” As a result, beauty can describe as an inspiring view present in everything that can be seen. To begin, beauty can be viewed in a building as large and extravagant as the white house to the small hometown market or even in the sight of a single flower to a field filled with a million flowers. Also, beauty can be seen in the sunrise over the peaks of the mountains and also in the sunset glowing across a calm lake surrounded by the bright colors of the fall trees. Furthermore, people have physical beauty, which can be found in a person’s features, figure, or complexion. In the poem “Beauty & Dress” by Robert Herrick he explains the beauty he sees in his wife. Herrick states,
We are living in a society where people believe that the way they look affect their environment. Eating disorders are a huge problem around the world, some of these disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia and others. People are getting affected by these disorders are really obsessed by food. Likewise by looking across the world like China, Fiji and Africa, Susan introduces many ways that people could increase their diet. First of all, let’s take a look at the women of the Fuji islands, before television was introduced to them in 1995, they used to admire their bodies image with no complaints. Although the images slender who has introduces slim women on advertisement on televised commercials made them feel that their bodies wer...
In today’s society, appearance plays an important role for every person who wants to make a good impression for any situation in life. Everyone is influenced by the appearance of other people, therefore, sometimes there are many misunderstandings. People have to be very careful with their appearance if they want to avoid this situation. There are some examples of how appearance can affect the way others think about a person in “The Temp” by Amelia Kahaney, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Edward Scissorhands by Caroline Thompson. The stories and the film have in common the presence of a protagonist whose appearance affects him and the people around him in a positive or negative way, which also happens today when looking for a job.
The beauty halo effect has become a strong phenomenon in social psychology nowadays. The beauty halo effect can also be called “the physical attractiveness” stereotype and the “what is beautiful is good” principle (Lewis-Beck, Bryman and Liao, 2004). The halo effect makes reference to the tendency of people to better rate attractive people for their personality traits than the individuals that are qualified less attractive (Lewis-Beck, Bryman and Liao, 2004). The psychologist Edward Thorndike first wrote about the halo effect phenomenon in his paper The Constant Error in Psychological Ratings in 1920. He noticed in his work that “ratings were apparently affected by the tendency to think of a person in general as rather good or rather inferior and to color the judgments of the qualities by this general feelings” (Lachman and Bass, 2001). The halo effects explain the fact that early aspects influence the interpretation of later aspects (Forgas, 2011). Since the first definition of the halo effects made by Thorndike in 1920, this concept has been the subject...
Peters, Sandy, and Thomas Peters. "How Important are Good Looks?" TOPICS Online Magazine. Mar. 2001. 13 Nov. 2001. http://www.rice.edu/projects/topics/Electronic/Magazilie.html.
The first and most popular interpretation of the word “beauty” is seen as outer appearance. On that perception, “beauty” and “attractiveness” have a significant difference even though they are word cousins. A beautiful looking person may be attractive, but an attractive person does not need to be beautiful. One person may look at someone beautiful with “deep satisfaction in the mind” because that person admire how beautiful the other is. Someone, who is not striking beautiful looking, may attract other people just by how they express their personalities. The others who are attracted to that particular individual because they feel connected, happy, and comfortable around that person. While attractiveness may result in long lasting relationships, physical beauty only brings short term pleasant feeling in the mind. Yet, beauty as outer look conquers many societies around the world. For instance, American culture tends to value the way a person look. That value is transmitted from one generation to the next by families, peers, and media in the process of enculturation. Young children come to adapt ways of thinking and feeling about physical beauty from their families first. The show