Effects of physical attractiveness, attitude similarity, and sex on various aspects of interpersonal attraction.

1971 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Stroebe ◽  
Chester A. Insko ◽  
Vaida D. Thompson ◽  
Bruce D. Layton
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Interpersonal Attraction ◽  
Attitude Similarity

PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS, ATTITUDE SIMILARITY, AND LENGTH OF ACQUAINTANCE AS CONTRIBUTORS TO INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTION AMONG ADOLESCENTS

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman Cavior ◽  
Karen Miller ◽  
Stanley H. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Interpersonal Attraction ◽  
Attitude Similarity ◽  
Naturalistic Study ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Twelfth Grade ◽  
Males And Females

Tenth and twelfth grade males and females who knew each other judged, within grade levels, their classmates on physical attractiveness (PA), perceived attitude similarity (PAS), and interpersonal attraction (IA). In addition, a measure of actual attitude similarity (AAS) was computed for each pair of subjects. Regression analyses supported the hypotheses that PA and PAS are positively correlated. Little support was found for the hypothesis that AAS and PAS are correlated. The results of the present naturalistic study also conflict with results obtained in laboratory studies which have found AAS to be correlated with IA.

Effects of Body Position and Attitude Similarity on Interpersonal Attraction and Opinion Change

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh McGinley ◽  
Karen Nicholas ◽  
Patsy McGinley
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Attraction ◽  
Body Position ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Attitude Similarity ◽  
Opinion Change ◽  
Positive Evaluation

Addressees, who were similar or dissimilar in attitude to a communicator, viewed slides of the communicator which showed her displaying either open or closed body positions. Addressees who were similar in attitude to the communicator evaluated her more positively than addressees who were dissimilar to her. Given attitude similarity between addressees and the communicator, addressees evaluated the communicator more positively when she displayed open body positions than when she displayed closed body positions. In general addressees' opinion changes were directly related to their positive evaluation of the communicator but in some cases the addressees' awareness of the experimental manipulation altered the effect on opinion.

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