A group's physical attractiveness is greater than the average attractiveness of its members: the group attractiveness effect.
PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN(2015)
摘要
We tested whether the perceived physical attractiveness of a group is greater than the average attractiveness of its members. In nine studies, we find evidence for the so-called group attractiveness effect (GA-effect), using female, male, and mixed-gender groups, indicating that group impressions of physical attractiveness are more positive than the average ratings of the group members. A meta-analysis on 33 comparisons reveals that the effect is medium to large (Cohen's d = 0.60) and moderated by group size. We explored two explanations for the GA-effect: (a) selective attention to attractive group members, and (b) the Gestalt principle of similarity. The results of our studies are in favor of the selective attention account: People selectively attend to the most attractive members of a group and their attractiveness has a greater influence on the evaluation of the group.
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group attractiveness effect,group evaluation,selective processing,social cognition,physical attractiveness,cheerleader effect,perceptual averaging
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