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Perceived positive physical characteristics influence aggression.
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Evolution asserts that physical markers and superior traits will endure generations of breeding to absolve undesirable traits from remaining. In this process, it is argued that attractiveness remains a desirable trait among the population. Examination into evolutionary psychology and its influence on attractiveness has established how physical and psychological traits influence human behavior. The development of research into attractiveness and human behavior claims that individuals who are considered attractive have a higher predisposition to anger. In this new area of research into attractiveness and anger, it explores how certain physical characteristics of an individual are perceived as attractive, but also how having these characteristics influence behavior, such as anger.
Attractiveness
Attractiveness can be considered subjective to individuals who are...
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Borkowski, E.L. (2017). Attractiveness and Anger-Proneness. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1696-1
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