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Research has found that there is agreement across cultures concerning what constitutes an attractive face; that infants prefer photographs of attractive faces to unattractive ones and that they prefer the same faces that adults do; and that statistically average faces tend to be seen as attractive. These findings provide support for a(n) ________ interpretation of the importance of physical attractiveness. cross-cultural  behaviorist evolutionary social perception

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Research has found that there is agreement across cultures concerning what constitutes an attractive face; that infants prefer photographs of attractive faces to unattractive ones and that they prefer the same faces that adults do; and that statistically average faces tend to be seen as attractive. These findings provide support for a(n) ________ interpretation of the importance of physical attractiveness. cross-cultural  behaviorist evolutionary social perception

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These findings provide support for an evolutionary interpretation of the importance of physical attractiveness. The preference for attractive faces, even in infants, and the cross-cultural agreement on what constitutes an attractive face, suggest that these preferences may be hardwired, rather than learned, supporting an evolutionary perspective.

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