The authors argue that "beauty constitutes a powerful stereotype." What characteristics are often associated with beauty? How might we actually create some of those characteristics in attractive others?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Physical beauty is associated with such positive characteristics as success, intelligence, personal adjustment, poise, and independence, to name a few personal and social characteristics. The irony is, of course, that via the self-fulfilling prophecy, we might actually create those characteristics in attractive others. More specifically, when we treat attractive people in line with our stereotypes—treat them as warmer, smarter, more intelligent, more poised, and so on—our behaviors might actually cause them to behave in ways that we initially expected them to behave.
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