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This six page paper discusses Ralph Juhnke's book, Effects of Attractiveness and Nature of Request on Helping Behavior. No additional sources cited.
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literature review, Juhnke, et al, point out that whether or not a person is considered attractive can be a very salient factor in how others in society relate to that
individual. Most people can attest from personal experience that, in general, people tend to favor those individuals who are considered to be attractive. This general impression has been supported by
considerable research which Juhnke, et al, summarize in the beginning of their article. This research team restricted their area of investigation to whether or not evaluations relative to attractiveness influenced
whether or not people were willing to provide helpful behavior when it was solicited. The research team stated that previous studies had confirmed that appearance did have influence on
helping behavior during emergency situations. However, they also pointed out that, as yet, studies had not been done on helping behavior relative to appearance in non-emergency situations. Nevertheless, overall,
they state that studies have shown that individuals who could be judged to have a pleasing appearance received helping behavior more readily then those individuals who could be deemed not
to have a pleasing appearance. Although they do state that some studies have shown no differences in behavior relative to appearance, and a few studies have shown that individuals with
abnormal appearance received more help. The research team points out that physical attractiveness combines with other relevant stimuli such as gender, sex, clothing and appropriateness of clothing for location
in creating an impression on appearance to a passing stranger. "Variations in dress and facial features and traditional manipulations of attractiveness seem to have different effects in different contexts" (Juhnke,
et al 318). They discuss how previous research has explored how physical attractiveness has interacted with other relevant stimuli. For example, women who were dressed in a feminine manner
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