SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
ALTRUISM CONFLICT AND PEACEMAKING
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babies prefer attractive over unattractive faces.
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babies do not show preferences for any particular facial characteristics
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most children perceive themselves to be physically unattractive
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adults’ incomes are unrelated to whether they are plain looking or very attractive
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Detailed explanation-1: -A further line of evidence relating to infants’ facial representations is infants’ preference for attractive faces. Infants 2 months of age and older will spend more time looking at attractive faces when these are shown paired with less attractive faces (Langlois et al., 1987; Samuels & Ewy, 1985).
Detailed explanation-2: -Human infants, just a few days of age, are known to prefer attractive human faces. We examined whether this preference is human-specific. Three-to 4-month-olds preferred attractive over unattractive domestic and wild cat (tiger) faces (Experiments 1 and 3).
Detailed explanation-3: -Babies are drawn to attractive people A decades-old experiment found that newborns and young infants spent more time staring at faces that adults deemed attractive. The study consisted of images (chosen by adults) of faces that are considered beautiful and others that are considered less attractive.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a baby’s mind, these beautiful faces may represent the stereotypical human face, says Slater, which they have evolved to recognise. Such built-in information helps babies learn quickly including the ability to pair faces with sounds like voices.