Why We Trust Attractive People More by Jamie Cortland
Why are people more apt to judge a “book by its cover” than not? What is it about the attractive stranger? We attribute characteristic such as intelligence, status, trust, and good genes to them because on the surface, they are beautiful people. The general thought seems to be, “If they are beautiful, they must be trustworthy and nice. People go out of the way to help attractive people because they want to be well liked and accepted by good looking people. Studies of babies indicate they look more intently and longer at attractive people. Are they accepting them or are they trying to look more deeply into the interior? In Myt...