this is for a paper in my psychology101 class...
i was considering the other question,
why can't BATman fly?
but i'll just stick to this one
pls respond with your most creative answer.
thanks! :)
2006-11-24 22:07:08 · 16 answers · asked by rabbit g 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Each person decides what he or she will be like, as far as their friendliness goes, however, their looks and other circumstances CAN influence it, but at the end of the day it is the person who makes that decision.
P.S. And NO, not all nice looking people are nice.
2006-11-24 22:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by drofa2 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friendly is such a subjective term...what do u or others determine what is friendly? Is it nice, one who smiles alot, outgoing in both physical and emotional contact with others, doing community service... does that make someone appear more friendly?
I think first u have to define what attractive is... Is it cute, pretty, gorgeous... get ur book out and find out what your author is giving u examples. Then build your paper... if this is only personal opinion then take a stance either way. Or take neither positon and argue both side have merit....
Ok go to ask.com and put the question in... see what the search engine leads u too... or u'll have to find sources to make your points creditable.
2006-11-25 06:30:31 · answer #2 · answered by Staci 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less attractive people are more beaten by life, so it's possible, even likely that they would have more of a guard around themselves. So yes, they are less friendly, especially to attractive people. Batman can't fly because he doesn't have any super-powers, he's just a rich-kid who wants to save the world.
2006-11-25 06:14:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it doesn't matter how you look when it comes to being a snob or a friendly person. You're getting maybe confused, thinking that less attractive people are not friendly because of the way they look but that's so not true. Everyone has had self esteem issues in their life no matter if they look as gorgeous as J-lo or whatever. Even beautiful people can be less friendly because they might be up themselves.
2006-11-25 06:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by Melissa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Attractive people are more sought out, so they don't need to mind their manners or their brains as much.
Less attractive people need to have something more to bring to the table, and can very often not only be friendly, but the best friend you'll ever have.
And of the opposite sex, they may start as just your friend, but they grow on you more and tend to be more worth keeping around!
Now, there's got to be some social psych research that will 'prove" what your grandmother's always known... and as a Psych BA, I gotta tell you, that's what the subfield really boils down to. Except things like what that Kitty Genovese (poor soul) and the Zimmerman simulated prison experiment taught us, quite against common sense.
Anyway, good luck!
2006-11-25 08:44:59 · answer #5 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good topic to choose!
Less attractive people are more friendly If they choose to be. And I choose to be, I know cause i'm a less attractive person and I am a more friendly person then most attractive people that I know who are not that friendly at all.
2006-11-25 08:23:05 · answer #6 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is true. Ive always had this theory, and many of my good looking friends agree too. My whole life, every good looking person i've met has been really friendly. Although not every ugly person has been mean, every mean person to me has been ugly. I think there is a psychological factor to this, ugly people have low self esteem and are treated badly, or feel that they are treated badly because they are ugly, therefore, they treat others badly too. Good looking people are nice, even though they may be cocky, they have high self esteem and get treated better therefore treat others better. It's completely true that good looking people get treated better, people think they are smarter, and that people wnat to be their friends. I personally only have good looking friends, all the ugly people I know are so negative about everything. But your subjevt is very 'taboo' and 'politically incorrect' so i predict the kind of answers you will be getting.
2006-11-25 06:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by Tulip 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think maybe it's the other way around; I've found attractive people to be more "full of themselves" and a little over confident because of their looks. This comes over as less friendly to me. Also, the're on their guard, so to speak, incase people are attracted to them just because of their looks and nothing else. NORMAL, or as you say "less attractive people" seem to just get on with the "real" things in life. I think they're nicer to know.
2006-11-25 06:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by Derek M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, to tell you the truth most of the time the "less attractive" people are the ones who are really the most friendly people you will even know in this lifetime coz the "most attractive" ones are the people who prefer to be friend with some in their class you know what i mean. no offense meant guys =)
2006-11-25 07:40:34 · answer #9 · answered by beng_ganda25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I dont think less attractive people are less friendly? I think anyone who is unfriendly would be looked at as less attractive.
What in one's eyes is less attractive? Not all people have the same view as the next.
2006-11-25 07:38:39 · answer #10 · answered by *JC* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋