What is beautiful is good

Dion (1972) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · Read the paper

attractive stimulus persons, male and female, assumed to possess more socially desirable personality traits and expected to lead better lives, for example as more competent husbands and wives and more successful occupationally.

attractive stimulus persons, male and female, assumed to possess more socially desirable personality traits and expected to lead better lives, for example as more competent husbands and wives and more successful occupationally.

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Dion, K., Berscheid, E., & Walster, E. (1972). What is beautiful is good. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 24(3), 285-290. doi:10.1037/h0033731.