Effect of group status on physical attractiveness preferences - From the Japanese case to a general cognitive perspective

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-248

  Kowner, Rotem ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030137454     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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