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Showing 1 to 20 of 533 for “"Attractiveness"”.
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Patterns of physical attractiveness, self-rated attractiveness and sexual selection strategy in women
… investigated the extent to which the physical attractiveness of women was associated with their sexual strategy selection and the extent to which physical and subjective measures of physical attractiveness should be regarded as separate constructs. I have then considered the manner in which an …
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Millennials’ perception of destination attractiveness
… is provided to capturing specific tourists’ attractiveness factors. The purpose of this study was to explore Millennials’ perception of destination attractiveness (DA) and their propensity to visit a destination. The objectives of this research include 1) To explore the perceptions of the …
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Partnering Attractiveness In Buyer-seller Relationships
… model of antecedent constructs to partnering attractiveness was developed. Data were gathered from a cross-section of purchasing people across southwestern Ontario involved in the purchasing of stationery and office supplies, and welding supplies and equipment. Model parameters were estimated …
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Perceptions of height, attractiveness, and power
… study was to explore how perceptions of physical attractiveness and power changed based on an individual's height and gender. Participants were 117 Rowan University students (53 males and 64 females, mean age = 20.9 years). Students were administered a packet that asked demographic data including …
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Beautiful People Are Better, at Least Online: Associations Between Photo Attractiveness and Text Attractiveness in Women's Online Dating Profiles
… (2012). Good Genes Theory, Halo Effect, Physical Attractiveness Stereotype, and Social Information Procession theory were also used to explore what function appearance truly plays in online dating and how it influences a user's written text.</p> <p>83 men were surveyed and asked to rate 84 women's …
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Exploration of user perceptions of attractiveness and functionality
… Eighty subjects were interviewed and rated the attractiveness, functionality, and an unrelated factor (weight) before and after using a salt shaker. Eight different salt shakers were used, that varied in attractiveness and functionality. It turns out that people were more satisfied with the …
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Physical Attractiveness: Its Influence on the Perception of Counselors
60 undergraduate students evaluated male and female counselors on fifteen counselor variables based on listening to a tape recording of a counselor self-introduction paired with an attractive or unattractive picture. Two groups served as control groups; they heard the tape but received no picture. …
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Profile Attractiveness in Borderline Class III Surgical/Orthodontic Cases
… laypersons and orthodontists in rating facial attractiveness in borderline class III surgical/orthodontic cases. The purpose was to determine whether orthognathic surgery or camouflage is a better alternative for observable esthetic improvement in borderline Class III surgical/orthodontic …
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Attractiveness and self-esteem: A test of sociometer theory
… between self-perceptions of physical attractiveness, self-esteem and relationship behaviour, derived from sociometer theory. Study 1 extended previous research by employing a novel measure of self-perceived attractiveness and showing that this significantly and positively correlated …
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Examining the role of attractions in influencing destination attractiveness
… the role of attractions in shaping destination attractiveness. Tourism has long been viewed as a driver of economic growth and jobs creation, and destinations compete to attract tourists for the positive benefits they bring. Understanding what attracts tourists is central to the success of this, …
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Understanding talent attraction: perceived attractiveness of financial reward elements
Competition for scarce human capital have emphasised the need for organisations to develop effective attraction strategies that entice knowledge workers (employees with scarce skills). Consequently, it is important for organisations to understand which elements of the Total Reward Model are …
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Physical attractiveness, altruism and fairness in a game-theoretic framework
… males placed more importance on physical attractiveness in a mate, far more than females. In study 2, it was found that people were altruistic and cooperative towards attractive members of the opposite sex when viewing images in response to moral scenarios. When I aimed to replicate this …
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Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Attributes: A Gender and Racial Analysis
… body shapes with respect to their physical attractiveness, and the extent to which they would be expected to possess various personality characteristics. The shapes were varied using 3 levels of overall weight and 4 levels of body shapeliness. The sample was modified to control for …
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Destination attractiveness of the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area
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The Influence Of Facial Attractiveness And Babyfaceness On Actors' Memorability
… whether other facial characteristics, such as attractiveness and babyfaceness, how much an adult's face resembles a baby's, influence memorability as well. Introductory psychology students (150 female, 53 male) participated in an incidental memory task in which they attempted to recognize …
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'Better Make It a Double': Perceived Relatedness Increases Reported Attractiveness
… (Houle, 1991) and visible through physical attractiveness (Thornhill & Gangestad, 1999), this study explored the possibility that knowledge of relatedness influenced attractiveness judgments of human faces.</p> <p> Supporting the main hypothesis of the current study, siblings affected …
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Destination Attractiveness As A Function Of Supply And Demand Interaction
… Achieving the goal of measuring destination attractiveness requires the understanding of its components and their relationships. There are two ways of examining attractiveness: by studying the attractions or by exploring the attractiveness perceptions of those who are attracted by them. As …
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