Beautiful people tend to believe that life is fundamentally fair and just, according to new research conducted with college students.
The study, published in the journal Psychological Reports, examined the relationship between physical attractiveness and belief in a just world, meaning the belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get.
This led me to make a connection with my research, as more attractive individuals receive favorable treatment throughout their lives.”.
This was true both when the participants rated their own attractiveness and when the attractiveness of the participants was rated by their peers.
In the case of this study, our conceptualization of justice may simply reflect our own privilege.”.
“There is work finding cultural differences when looking at the just-world hypothesis, so perhaps this relationship would be different in other areas.
The study, “The Influence of Physical Attractiveness on Belief in a Just World“, was authored by R. Shane Westfall , Murray G. Millar, and Aileen Lovitt. »
