Hairstyle as an adaptive means of displaying phenotypic quality

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1、HAIRSTYLEASANADAPTIVEMEANSOFDISPLAYINGPHENOTYPICQUALITYNorbertMeskoandTamasBereczkeiUniversityofP6csAlthoughfacialfeaturesthatareconsideredbeautifulhavebeeninvesti-gatedacrossculturesusingtheframeworkofsexualselectiontheory,theeffectsofheadhaironestheticevaluationshaver

2、arelybeenexaminedfromanevolutionaryperspective.Inthepresentstudytheeffectsofsixhair-styles(short,medium-length,long,disheveled,knot[hairbun],unkempt)onfemalefacialattractivenesswereexaminedinfourdimensions(feminin-ity,youth,health,sexiness)relativetofaceswithoutvisibleh

3、eadhair("ba-sicface").Threeevolutionaryhypothesesweretested(coveringhypothesis,healthymatetheory,andgoodgenesmodel);onlythegoodgenesmodelwassupportedbyourdata.Accordingtothistheory,individualswhocanaf-fordthehighcostsoflonghairarethosewhohavegoodphenotypicandgeneticqual

4、ity.Inaccordancewiththishypothesis,wefoundthatonlylongandmedium-lengthhairhadasignificantpositiveeffectonratingsofwomen'sattractiveness;theotherhairstylesdidnotinfluencetheevalua-tionoftheirphysicalbeauty.Furthermore,thesetwohairstylescausedamuchlargerchangeinthedimensi

5、onofhealththanintherestofthedimen-sions.Finally,maleratersconsideredthelonger-hairedfemalesubjects'healthstatusbetter,especiallyifthesubjectswerelessattractivewomen.Thepossiblerelationshipsbetweenfacialattractivenessandhairaredis-cussed,andalternativeexplanationsarepres

6、ented.KEYWORDS:Facialattractiveness;Goodgenesmodel;Hairstyles;MatechoiceReceivedAugust12,2003;acceptedNovemberI1,2003;revisedversionreceivedDecember15,2003.AddressallcorrespondencetoTamasBereczkei,DepartmentofPsychology,JanusPannoniusUniversity,6lfj~sfigStreet,P~cs,H-76

7、24,Hungary.Email:btamas@btk.pte.huCopyright92004byAldineTransaction,NewJerseyHumanNature,Vol.15,No.3,pp.251-270.1045-6767/98/56.00+.15251252HumanNature,Vol.15,No.3,2004FACIALATTRACTIVENESSANDHAIRDRESSINGThewidespreadviewinthesocialsciencesthatphysicalbeautyisarbi-trary

8、hasbeenseriouslyquestionedrecentlybyevolutionarypsychology(GangestadandSimpson2000).Humanbeingshavebeenselecte