Is a Couple's Attractiveness Equal to the Sum of its Parts?

Is a Couple's Attractiveness Equal to the Sum of its Parts?

Men's and female's perceptions of attractiveness depend on their mate value. One's judgments of others' attractiveness are self generated so it is reasonable to infer that the effect of mate value on attractiveness judgments' is mediated through self perceived mate value. Men tend to over infer female interest from very slight clues. The inference of opposite sex interest is likely to play an important role in determination of self perceived mate value, even if this all occurs unconsciously. A couple's level of attraction may also be based off of one or both individual's mate value. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to assess whether people's impressions of others' attractiveness become modified when an attractive person seems interested in them. Secondly, it's hypothesized that ratings of couples' mate values are determined more by female attractiveness than male attractiveness. Lastly, perceived attractiveness of an individual depends upon the attractiveness of the mate or partner. This true experimental design, has the potential to be the first study to show a direct causal link that female attention may have on male's attractiveness perception.