After reading the four articles provided my perception on physical appearance and attractiveness drastically changed. An individual that looks good always has the upper hand. According to Niesta Kayser and Schwarz (p.15), physical attractive individuals are often well-liked and treated favorably by others. “Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them” (Eagly et al. 121). This statement supposes that people’s consideration of what is beautiful depends on their perception.
An individual, when perceived as attractive is considered to possess decent personality and psychological traits. As such, individuals with faces that are more attractive tend to be judged more positively. These people are perceived to be healthy, trustworthy, socially competent, more outgoing, and courageous (Eagly et al. 112). The psychologists refer this phenomenon as the halo effect. The halo effect according to Nielsen and Cardello is a published social-psychology occurrence that influences individuals to be partial or predisposed in judgments by transmitting their moods and emotions regarding attributes of ideas or concepts to other distinct elements. For instance, a good-looking or tall person is perceived to be trustworthy and intelligent, even if there is no rational justification to believe that looks or height correlate with honesty and smarts.
In the modern society, physical appearance and attractiveness play a crucial role in that it influences the impressions that people obtain from communicating to others, dating other individuals, our preferences when recruiting employees, and the manner in which we behave with non-attractive and attractive people. In job interviews, applicants with moral physical appearances and attractiveness are likely to be successful and qualified for a job. More often than not, we repeat mistakes of making overall impressions based on the appearance or individuals even though we are warned not to judge the book by its cover.
Works Cited
Eagly, Alice H., et al. "What is beautiful is good, but . . .: A meta-analytic review of research on the physical attractiveness stereotype." Psychological Bulletin, vol. 110, no. 1, 1991, pp. 109-128.
Nielsen, Jakob, and Jen Cardello. "Halo Effect: Definition and Impact on Web User Experience." Nielsen Norman Group, 2013, www.nngroup.com/articles/halo-effect/. Accessed 9 June 2018.
Niesta Kayser, Daniela, and Sascha Schwarz. "Physical Appearance, Attractiveness and Relationships: Is the Display Versus Avoidance of the Color Red a Strategic Mating Signal?" Journal of Psychology " Psychotherapy, vol. 07, no. 02, 2017.
