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Science Summary- First Impressions

First impression may be based off of your face, whether it may vary between the shape and color of your eyes or how you smile. Researchers gathered a library of one thousand pictures and had a group of experts score them based on character traits including attractiveness, intelligence, trustworthiness, and age. After the photos were scored, nine hundred were given to a computer to build up a model in correlation to physical traits and character traits. As the computers generated the results and concluded that mouth shape and area were linked to approachability and eye shape and area were linked to attractiveness. ( "First Impressions Are Mostly Based on Your Face - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com.”) The proximity or physical/geographical closeness ( "Attraction." //Mastering The World of Psychology//. By Samuel E. Wood”) may trigger a sense of perfection to the intended candidate obligating them to approach the individual; as mentioned by Professor Barrett during class discussions, if a person has perfect symmetry in their face they are more attractive to the human eye. Using the halo effect, or the tendency to assume that a person has generally positive or negative traits as a result of observing one major positive or negative trait ,( "Attraction." //Mastering the World of Psychology//. By Samuel E. Wood”) when we look at someone we often tend to examine their positive traits and then work our way to their negative traits, yes even the most attractive people in the world have something negative to contribute. After reading this article I would to close off by saying that the data is nowhere near reliable and further study must conducted, perhaps using a group of strangers off the street instead of the “experts.”

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"First Impressions Are Mostly Based on Your Face - D-brief | DiscoverMagazine.com." //Dbrief//. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Aug. 2014. Wood, Ellen Green, and Denise Boyd. "Attraction." //Mastering The World of Psychology//. By Samuel E. Wood. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 442-43. Print

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