Author Question: What are the benefits of being beautiful? What are the drawbacks? What will be an ideal ... (Read 116 times)

karen · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

What are the benefits of being beautiful? What are the drawbacks?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Schachter (1959) examined the preferences of participants who were expecting to receive a series of painful electric shocks. He found that these participants preferred to wait in a room

a. by themselves.
b. with participants who were not expecting shocks.
c. with participants who were also expecting shocks.
d. with participants who had already received shocks.

ilianabrrr · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

It has been shown that good-looking people have more friends, better social skills, and
a more active sex life. Beauty can give the attractive individual an advantage. For
example, research by Downs and Lyons (1991) showed that Texas judges set lower
bail and imposed smaller fines on suspects rated as attractive rather than as
unattractive. However, beauty also has its pitfalls. When one is attractive, it is hard to
tell whether attention received is for one's good looks or for actual performance. A
second disadvantage is that there is pressure to maintain appearance, pressures that
could contribute, for example, to disordered eating such as bulimia and anorexia
nervosa.

Answer to Question 2

c