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Sexual Arousal and the Polarization of Perceived Sexual Attractiveness

Istvan, Joseph, Griffitt, William, Weidner, Gerdi·1983·Basic and Applied Social Psychology
DOI 10.1207/s15324834basp0404_2
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It was predicted that sexual arousal would lead to polarized evaluations of the sexual attractiveness and desirability of those of the opposite sex. More specifically, sexual arousal was hypothesized to enhance the perceived sexual attractiveness of medium and highly attractive target persons but to decrease the perceived sexual attractiveness of unattractive target persons. Sexually aroused and nonaroused subject's of both sexes rated the sexual attractiveness, dating desirability, and marriage desirability of low, medium, and high attractive people of the opposite sex. As expected, sexually aroused subjects rated medium and high attractive targets as more sexually attractive but low attractive targets as less sexually attractive than did nonaroused subjects. The findings were interpreted as consistent with a two process evaluative polarization hypothesis but also discussed in terms of arousal misattribution and arousal transfer hypotheses.

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  • An early study by Istvan et al. (1983) found sexually aroused participants, both male and female, not differing from their unaroused counterparts in attractiveness ratings of below average, average and highly attractive female faces.

    “An early study by Istvan et al. (1983) found sexually aroused participants (both male and female) not differing from their unaroused counterparts in terms of attractiveness ratings of (below average, average and highly attractive) female faces.”

    From Male brain processing of the body odor of ovulating women compared to that of pregnant women (2021) · cites this paper as Istvan et al., 1983

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  1. Dion, K. K. Physical attractiveness, sex roles, and heterosexual attraction. In M. Cook (Ed.), The bases of human sexual attraction. London and New York: Academic Press, 1981.

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Authors
Istvan, J., Griffitt, W., & Weidner, G.
ORCID
Weidner, Gerdi
Venue
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1983-12
Volume
4
Issue
4
Pages
307-318
ISSN
  • 0197-3533 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-4834
DOI
10.1207/s15324834basp0404_2
OpenAlex
W2043939832
Cited by
20
References
10
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1
FWCI
0.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Basic and Applied Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords
sexual arousal, attractiveness evaluation

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