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Physical attractiveness is the most visible and most easily accessible trait of a person. Physical attractiveness is also a consistently and frequently used informational cue. These facts may be the reason physical attractiveness is so important and its influence so pervasive in the lives of almost every person in today’s society.
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Patzer, G.L. (1985). Introduction. In: The Physical Attractiveness Phenomena. Perspectives in Social Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0202-6_1
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