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Problem 6: Physical Characteristics (Sources (Judge, T. A. & Cable, D.…

- - - - intelligent men are more likely to have high social status
      - high status men are more likely to marry beautiful women
      - intelligence is heritable -> intelligent men have intelligent children
      - beauty is heritable -> beautiful women have beautiful children
    - - innate beauty standards -> similar in different cultures (western & nonwestern)
        
        symmetric faces
        
        averageness
      - Beauty = indicator of physical & genetic health
        
        fluctuating asymmetry -> increases with expose to parasites, pathogens, toxins, genetic disruptions
        
        averageness -> resulting from heterogeneity of genes?
        
        => important for mate selection
    - - there is empirical evidence for the theoretical assumptions #
        
        logical conclusion: Intelligent people are more intelligent
  - - - youth
      - good looks
      - neotenous raits
      - symmetrical face
    - - people seem to apply attractiveness heuristic (student sample)
      - findings are generalizable to professional HR managers
        
        close proximity: men are more likely to hire attractive females & females are more likely to hire attractive men
        
        low expected contact: women equally likely to hire attractive females
      - evolved preferences are triggered when one expects to work in proximity with the selectee
  - - - Physical attractiveness influences income, educational attainment and self-evaluation
        
        Edu. Attainment and core self-evaluations significantly affect income
        
        Physical attractiveness influencing income directly and also indirectly (through education, core self—evaluations)
        -> So ppl who are more beautiful à have nicer education and think of themselves more highly à higher income
        
        GMA directly affect income and also indirectly (through education and core self evaluation)
        -> So basically if wanna get cash, you have to be either smart or beautiful
        
        Core self-evaluation have direct effect on financial strain + indirect effects (through income)
        ->If you think highly of yourself à earn more à less financial strain (indirect)
        -> Think shitty of yourself à earn less à more financial strain (indirect)
        
        All mediators were PARTIAL
        
        NB effects of GMA on income stronger than the ones of attractiveness (thanks god it’s still mainly about the brain)
- - - - height is important in workplace
      - height is related to income
      - effect of height is stable over career
      - height is more predictive for subjective ratings of job performance