Nine-Month-Old Infants Prefer Unattractive Bodies over Attractive Bodies

Autor/inn/en	Heron-Delaney, Michelle; Quinn, Paul C.; Lee, Kang; Slater, Alan M.; Pascalis, Olivier
Titel	Nine-Month-Old Infants Prefer Unattractive Bodies over Attractive Bodies
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 115 (2013) 1, S.30-41 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0965
DOI	10.1016/j.jecp.2012.12.008
Schlagwörter	Familiarity; Human Body; Infants; Visual Discrimination; Males; Habituation; Experimental Psychology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Menschlicher Körper; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Experimentelle Psychologie
Abstract	Infant responses to adult-defined unattractive male body shapes versus attractive male body shapes were assessed using visual preference and habituation procedures. Looking behavior indicated that 9-month-olds have a preference for unattractive male body shapes over attractive ones; however, this preference is demonstrated only when head information is obscured. In contrast, 6- and 3.5-month-olds did not show a preference for unattractive or attractive bodies. The 6-month-olds discriminated between the two categories, whereas the 3.5-month-olds did not. Because unattractive body shapes are more common than attractive/athletic body shapes in our everyday environment, a preference for unattractive body shapes at 9 months of age suggests that preferences for particular human body shapes reflect level of exposure and familiarity rather than culturally defined stereotypes of body attractiveness. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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