The preference for women with slender, masculine, and athletic looks in Western cultures has become stronger over how many years?
Explanation
This question highlights that while some preferences for attractiveness (like symmetry and averageness) are universal, others (like body shape) are subject to cultural and historical shifts. The norm of thinness in Western cultures is a relatively recent phenomenon.
Other questions
In the "computer dance" field study by Elaine Walster and colleagues, what was found to be the only important determinant of a participant's liking for their date?
According to research by Leslie Zebrowitz, which of the following is NOT a feature associated with a youthful-looking face that people tend to prefer?
In a study by Langlois and Rodman (1990), researchers created composite faces from an average of 2, 4, 8, 16, or 32 faces. Which composite face was judged to be the most attractive?
Regarding gender differences in mate preferences, women are relatively more interested in a potential partner's social status, while men prioritize what quality in a woman?
What is the term for the tendency to perceive attractive people as having positive characteristics, such as sociability and competence?
A classic study by Newcomb (1961) housed male undergraduate strangers together. What factor best predicted which men would become friends?
The tendency to prefer stimuli, including people, that we have seen frequently is known as what principle?
In the study by Moreland and Beach (1992), female confederates attended a large lecture class either 5, 10, or 15 times. What was the effect of the number of attendances on how much the other students liked them?
What phenomenon did the study by Dutton and Aron (1974), involving an attractive woman on a high suspension bridge, demonstrate?
In the study by White and colleagues where male students exercised before rating a woman's attractiveness, what was the main finding about the effect of arousal?
In long-term relationships, the high levels of passionate love experienced in initial encounters are not likely to be maintained. Instead, relationships are more likely to be based on what type of love?
What is the term for the tendency of partners in a close relationship to communicate frequently, without fear of reprisal, and in an accepting and empathetic manner?
According to the text, what is the primary difference between communal relationships and exchange relationships?
According to Robert Sternberg's triangular model of love, what three components combine to form consummate love?
In Sternberg's triangular model of love, which type of love consists of intimacy and commitment, but lacks passion?
What term describes individual differences in how people relate to others in close relationships, which are learned in childhood and tend to remain stable into adulthood?
According to the text, which hormone is most directly involved in interpersonal attraction and the development of long-term romantic attachments?
A survey by the Chicago Social Health and Life Survey found that what percentage of married men claimed to have been completely faithful to their partner throughout their entire marriage?
Regarding jealousy in relationships, men are more concerned than women about sexual infidelities, while women are relatively more concerned about what?
Even infants who are only one year old show a preference for faces that adults find attractive over those they find unattractive, according to a study by which researcher(s)?
What is the term for love that is emotionally intense and based on passion, often experienced when first getting to know a romantic partner?
Arthur Aron and colleagues' experiment on self-disclosure, where some students shared intimate thoughts and others engaged in small talk, found that intimate disclosure significantly increased what?
What are the two axes used to define the four attachment styles in Table 8.1?
How is a secure attachment style characterized in terms of self-concern and other-concern goals?
What is the primary evolutionary reason given for why men are more willing to have casual sex than women?
One of the social benefits that attractive people receive, as mentioned in the text, is that they...
How does the principle of mere exposure explain why people tend to prefer their regular, nonreversed facial image, while their friends prefer the reversed image?
What is defined as the feelings and actions that keep partners working together to maintain the relationship?
The research focus box titled 'Romantic Love Reduces Our Attention to Attractive Others' suggests that love may function as a...
What is a primary characteristic of individuals with an anxious/ambivalent attachment style in their adult relationships?
A survey by the Chicago Social Health and Life Survey found that what percentage of married women claimed to have been completely faithful over their entire marriage?
What is one reason given for why Internet relationships can be successful?
In the triangular model of love, a relationship that has passion and commitment but lacks intimacy is referred to as what?
According to the text, men in long-term relationships have relatively lower levels of which hormone compared to men in short-term sexual relationships?
What is the primary reason similarity leads to attraction?
The pain of a relationship breakup is magnified when people feel they have been rejected by the other person. According to the text, what are people who have been rejected particularly likely to do?
In the context of the physical attractiveness stereotype, research has found some evidence that attractive people are actually more what, in comparison to less attractive individuals?
The basic principles of social exchange and equity dictate that there will be a general similarity in what among people in close relationships?
According to the text, a relationship where one person likes the other much more than they are liked in return is described as what?
Mere exposure only applies to the change that occurs in what stage of attraction?
In the study by Aron and colleagues on self-disclosure, the control group participants engaged in small talk by answering questions such as what?
What does a person with an avoidant attachment style typically have trouble doing in relationships?
According to the triangular model of love, which type of love is characterized by commitment alone, without intimacy or passion?
The research focus about romantic love and attention to alternatives found that participants in the romantic love condition were faster at moving their attention away from which specific type of photos?
Over half of the men who were interviewed on the high, wobbly suspension bridge in the Dutton and Aron (1974) study later called the female experimenter. What was the approximate frequency of calls from men approached on the low, solid bridge?
According to the text, the members of a close relationship are highly what, relying to a great degree on each other to meet their goals?
In the triangular model of love, what type of love is characterized by intimacy and passion but lacks commitment?
What is the term for a relationship where partners are attentive to each other's needs and provide support without explicitly keeping track of what they are giving or expecting in return?
An evolutionary explanation for gender differences in jealousy suggests that men are more concerned with sexual infidelity primarily due to what factor?