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- From: packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer)
- Newsgroups: sci.psychology
- Subject: Re: physical attractiveness and the "matching hypothesis"
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- Date: 23 Nov 92 12:06:00 GMT
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- In article <1eju23INNd5g@coral.bucknell.edu>, abramwtz@coral.bucknell.edu (Jon Abramowitz) writes...
- >The matching hypothesis for physical attractiveness is a social psychological
- >phenomenon that predicts that men and women involved in romantic relationships
- >are more likely to be of similar levels of physical attractiveness than
- >would be expected by chance. In other words, if I'm an 8 on a scale of 10,
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- ..and furthermore, they are more likely to resemble each other,
- regardless of "level" of attractiveness by society's general
- standards. I've noticed this now that the newspapers are
- publishing both bride and groom pictures in wedding announcements.
-