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| Attractiveness: In psychology, attractiveness refers to the perceived appeal of an individual, influenced by physical appearance, personality traits, and social factors. It plays a role in interpersonal relationships, affecting social interactions and mate selection. See also Personality traits, Social relations._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Social Psychology on Attractiveness - Dictionary of Arguments
Parisi I 139 Attractiveness/Social Psychology/Nadler/Mueller: In experiments on the influence of physical attractiveness in the context of criminal trials, defendant physical attractiveness exerts a small effect on both judgments of guilt and punishment (Mazzella and Feingold, 1994)(1). These effects are inconsistent, however, and can vary with other factors such as strength of the evidence (Beckham, Spray, and Pietz, 2007(2); Erian et al., 1998(3)). Outside of the trial context, there is some evidence that physically attractive defendants receive lower bail than less attractive ones (Downs and Lyons, 1991(4)). Victims: Victim attractiveness can influence judgments as well; observers consider the death of a physically attractive woman to be more unjust and deserving of more punishment than the death of a less attractive woman (Callan, Powell, and Ellard, 2007(5)). >Punishment/Social Psychology. Parisi I 140 Perception: When perceiving persons, we immediately decide whether their intentions toward us are good, and how competent they are to carry out their intentions (Fiske, Cuddy, and Glick, 2007)(6). >Punishment/Social Psychology. 1. Mazzella, R. and A. Feingold (1994). " The Effects of Physical Attractiveness, Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Gender of Defendants and Victims on Judgments of Mock Jurors: A Meta-Analysis 1." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 24(15): 1315-1338. 2. Beckham, C. M., B. J. Spray, and C. A. Pietz (2007). "Jurors' Locus of Control and Defendants' Attractiveness in Death Penalty Sentencing." Journal of social Psychology 147(3): 285-298. doi:10.3200/SOCP.147.3.285-298. 3. Erian, M., C. Lin, N. Patel, A. Neal, and R. E. Geiselman (1998). "Juror Verdicts As a Function of Victim and Defendant Attractiveness in Sexual Assault Cases." American Journal of Forensic Psychology 16(3):25-40. 4. Downs, A. C. and P. M. Lyons (1991). "Natural Observations ofthe Links between Attractiveness and Initial Legal Judgments." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 17(5): 541-547. doi:10.1177/0146167291175009. 5. Callan, M. J., N. G. Powell, and J. H. Ellard (2007). "The Consequences of Victim Physical Attractiveness on Reactions to Injustice: The Role of Observers' Belief in a Just World." Social Justice Research doi:10.1007/s11211-007-0053-9. 6. Fiske, S. T., A. J. C. Cuddy, and P. Glick (2007). "Universal Dimensions of Social Cognition: Warmth and Competence." Trends in Cognitive Sciences 1 1 (2):77—83. doi:16/ j.tics.2006.11.005. Nadler, Janice and Pam A. Mueller. „Social Psychology and the Law“. In: Parisi, Francesco (ed) (2017). The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics. Vol 1: Methodology and Concepts. NY: Oxford University Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Social Psychology Parisi I Francesco Parisi (Ed) The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics: Volume 1: Methodology and Concepts New York 2017 |
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