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HEY, THESE TWO LOOK THE SAME, HUH? THEY HAVE SIMILAR FACIAL FEATURES DON'T THEY? YEAH, THEY DO. IN FACT, THE ONLY MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM IS THAT ONE IS WHITE WITH LONG, STRAIGHT HAIR AND THE OTHER IS BLACK WITH SHORT, COILED HAIR. OH, AND ONE HAS A LONGER, MORE NARROW FACE, WHILE THE OTHER HAS A SHORTER, ROUNDER FACE. BUT OTHER THAN THIS, THEY PRETTY MUCH LOOK THE SAME. READ THE CHAPTER ENTITLED "HOW WE PICK OUR MATES AND SEX PARTNERS" ON pg. 84* IN THE BOOK THE THIRD CHIMPANZEE WHICH IS LINKED BELOW (WE UNCONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE OUR MATES BASED ON THEIR PHYSICAL SIMILARITY TO US. IF YOU HAVE A LONG NOSE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU'LL CHOOSE A MATE WITH A LONG NOSE, IF YOU A HAVE SQUARED JAWLINE THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT YOU'LL CHOOSE A MATE WITH A SQUARED JAWLINE, ETC., ETC., ETC.).
THESE TWO LOOK SOMEWHAT SIMILAR, TOO, ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO THE NOSE AND MOUTH AREA.
Despite the old notion that opposites attract, Indianapolis-based social psychologist Justin Lehmiller, who is a research fellow at the Kinsey Institute and author of Tell Me What You Want, says people naturally gravitate toward people who are familiar, even though the whole process is likely subconscious. There are some traits that work best in a relationship when they’re balanced out by an opposing partner — like dominance and submissiveness — but, by and large, “what is familiar to us tends to be what we like and are drawn to,” even if we’re not explicitly aware of it, Lehmiller says.
That phenomenon extends to appearance. “You’re familiar with your own appearance, so seeing other people who share those similar sorts of traits might lead to more liking for that reason,” he says.
One 2013 study found that to be true. In the experiment, people were shown images of their romantic partner’s face that had been digitally altered to include some features from another face — either random other faces, or the study participant’s own face. Both male and female participants consistently rated the composite that included their own face as the most attractive.
An earlier study reached a similar finding about composite images — and also found that people were subliminally attracted to features of their opposite-sex parent. Study participants rated images of others as more attractive when a picture of their opposite-sex parent quickly flashed across the screen first, suggesting that they were subconsciously primed by the familiar face. Another 2018 study looking at biracial people found that they tended to be attracted to and pair up with people who resemble their parents, regardless of sex.
That parental preference may seem a little creepy, but it’s not problematic or even particularly surprising, Lehmiller says. It’s likely a completely subconscious process that taps into our natural associations with what’s pleasant and appealing, he says. “These traits might come to be seen as comforting,” he says. “They’re familiar to you.”
Contrary to the old saying “opposite attract,” you have probably noticed that romantic couples have a tendency to look more alike than they do different. But why is this the case? Is it because people have a tendency to select partners who look like them, or is it because couple members actually grow physically similar to one another over time? Surprisingly, psychologists have found support for both of these explanations.
Similarity in physical appearance is an important factor in initial attraction, and it is part of the reason couple members often look like each other right from the start. What appears to be driving this is a predisposition to select partners whose genes resemble our own. As some evidence of this, research has found that the spouses of identical twins are more similar to one another both physically and psychologically than are the spouses of fraternal twins [1]. Thus, the more genes that two people share in common, the more likely they are to look for similar characteristics in their partners. As additional evidence of this phenomenon, consider a study in which heterosexual participants rated the attractiveness of a set of faces [2]. Embedded in this series of images was an image of their own face that had been digitally morphed into the other sex. Despite not recognizing the morphed face as their own, participants rated it the most attractive of all. These and numerous other studies tell us that “like attracts like.”
However, what is even more fascinating than this is that romantic partners’ similarity to each other only grows over time! For instance, in a classic study by Bob Zajonc and colleagues, college undergraduates were asked to evaluate photographs of either newlywed couples or photos of the same couples after 25 years of marriage [3]. Specifically, participants saw images of two faces at a time and were asked to evaluate how similar each pair was and how likely they were to be married. Sometimes the pair that was presented was an actual married couple, and sometimes it was just two random people of similar age put together.
Results indicated that perceived facial similarity did indeed increase over time. Participants rated the faces of older married couples as being more similar than those of newlyweds and random pairs. Also, for young couples, participants could not distinguish between newlyweds and random pairs in terms of whether they were actually married; however, among older couples, participants were better at detecting which couples were married and which ones were not (presumably on the basis of those differences in facial resemblance). One other fascinating result is that the faces that were judged to be most similar belonged to the couples who reported being the happiest.
How do we explain this pattern of results? We cannot say for sure, but the authors argue that it is a function of empathy. The idea is that romantic partners frequently empathize with each other and “share” their emotional states. And sharing emotions means that we also share the same facial expressions, which may be the real key to increased physical similarity. That is, by moving their facial muscles the same way over time, romantic partners may come to have the same pattern of wrinkles around their mouths and eyes, among other things. Of course, other explanations are possible. For instance, increased resemblance could have something to do with residing in the same environment or having a similar diet.
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HOW WE PICK OUR MATES AND SEX PARTNERS pg. 84.
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http://thesexualevolutionofhumans.blogspot.com/2010/03/youre-so-vain-youll-probably-choose.html
We Have Genes That Predispose Us To Be Attracted, Specifically On An Unconscious Level, To People That Have Different Genes Than Us (Particularly Genes That Create And Regulate Our Immune System; HLA Or Human Leukocyte Antigen). Why? Because Breeding With People Who Are Genetically Different Than Us Increases The Genetic Heterozygosity Of Our HLA System And Thus Gives Us The Genes To Create A More Robust Immune System Which Can Fight Off More Diseases.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090525105435.htm
If You're Genetically And Biochemically Incompatible With A Potential Mate Your Potential Relationship With He Or She Won't Flourish Or Even Develop, For That Matter. If There's Too Much Genetic And Biochemical Conflict Between You And Your Potential Mate You'll Be Able To Detect It Unconsciously Through The Senses (Sight, Smell, Taste, Etc.), So Always Go With Your Gut Instincts.
Many kinds of animals are capable of what biologists call kin recognition. It tells them which members of their species to be nice to and which to be nasty to. A paper wasp, for instance, decides whether another paper wasp, seeking admission to the nest, is one of us or one of them by smelling it. If the newcomer smells like us, it is allowed to enter. Tiger salamanders can recognize their own siblings, also on the basis of smell. If you rear them among nonsiblings they often become cannibals. They don't mind eating other salamanders, but they'd rather not eat their own brothers and sisters. Kin recognition by means of odors is based on a biochemical mechanism similar to the one that permits your immune system to distinguish between "self" and "nonself".
Humans recognize kin, not on the basis of odors, but on the basis of familiarity. A sister or brother is someone you grew up with. People don't marry their sisters or brothers, not because it's against the law, but because they don't want to. Israelis who grew up in a kibbutz where boys and girls were reared together, treated like brothers and sisters, don't marry each other.
But people are nonetheless attracted to others who are similar to themselves. Husbands and wives are, on average, much more alike than they would be if Cupid fired off his arrows at random. The ways in which married couples tend to resemble each other include race, religion, socioeconomic class, IQ, education, attitudes, personality characteristics, height, breadth of nose, and distance between the eyes. Married couples don't come to look alike as they grow older: they look alike to begin with.
Similarity also serves as a basis for friendship. Even in nursery school, a child is attracted to others "like me." In grade school, children who are good friends are likely to be of the same age, sex, and race, and to have similar interests and values.
I believe the tendency to be drawn to people who are similar to yourself has its remote origins in kin recognition. If you were a hunter-gatherer, someone who looked like you and spoke your language was more likely to be a member of your group, possibly a relative, than someone who didn't look like you and spoke a language you couldn't understand. If you are an educated North American, you find yourself wanting to trust someone who looks like you, talks like you, and thinks like you.
The stranger is instinctively distrusted, by paper wasps and human babies, because he may be up to no good. If he is a cannibal - cannibalism is found in many species, including our own - he might eat you, because you are not his kin. The first reaction to the stranger, or to the one who is behaving strangely, is fear. Fear turns into hostility because being afraid is unpleasant. Remember the polio-stricken chimpanzee who dragged himself, crippled, back to his group? His groupmates reacted first with fear and then anger - they attacked him. Damn you for giving us such a fright!
We don't need a fancy cognitive explanation for hostility toward other groups - evolution provides a good one, and it works for animals as well as people. Group contrast effects, which exaggerate the differences between groups or create differences if there are none to begin with, are not (as far as I know) found in animals, but they are a direct consequence of the human and animal tendency to feel hostile toward other groups. If you fear and dislike someone, you are motivated to be as different from them as possible. Humans - adaptable creatures that they are - are ingenious at finding ways of being different from the members of other groups. (The Nurture Assumption)
Read The Chapter On Genetic Similarity Theory (Starting On Page 75 Or 76). Pay Close Attention To How Genetic Similarity Relates To Your Spouse Or Potential Spouse (Boyfriends Or Girlfriends) And Your Peer Group (The People You Associate With). Opposites Don't Attract. Rather, Birds Of A Feather Flock Together (I Like People Who Look Like ME Or Look Like People That I'm Related To). ASSORTATIVE MATING. Jared Diamond Has A Chapter On This In His Book The Third Chimpanzee, Which I've Linked Below (How We Pick Our Mates and Sex Partners p. 84).
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People marry other people with similar intelligence to a greater extent than any other trait. Source: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2014.105 …
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