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What does evolutionary theory add to stereotype theory in the explanation of attractiveness bias?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 March 2017
Abstract
Maestripieri et al. seem to put forth an argument in which they become vulnerable to some of the same criticisms that they level against stereotype theory As a result, the explanatory utility of their account of attractiveness bias comes into question, and it is unclear whether it offers anything superior to stereotype theory in conceptual soundness.
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Explaining financial and prosocial biases in favor of attractive people: Interdisciplinary perspectives from economics, social psychology, and evolutionary psychology
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Author response
Moving forward with interdisciplinary research on attractiveness-related biases