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perception
Your perception of beauty shifts based on recent comparisons.
A 1980 study found that men who viewed photographs of highly attractive models subsequently rated the attractiveness of unfamiliar female targets as less appealing.
The original study by Kenrick and Gutierres focused on the perception of strangers, not the participants' own partners.
Our judgements are prisoners of the context we provide them.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Kenrick & Gutierres, 1980, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- What the check found
- The 1980 study examined contrast effects on the perception of strangers. It did not directly test the evaluation of the participants' own romantic partners.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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