Nicholas, Teena
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Audience: Undergraduate. -- Dissertation: Thesis (B. A.). -- Algoma University, 1994. -- Submitted in partial fulfillment of course requirements for PSYC 4105. -- Includes figures and tables. -- Contents: Literature review / Thesis.
Research has suggested males and females may differ in the importance they assign to attractiveness in a deceptive situation. Males' and females' responses to deceptive situations as a function of the attractiveness or unattractiveness an the alleged offender were investigated. Subjects received a photo of an attractive or unattractive male or female, a scenario and a corresponding questionnaire. Results showed a significant difference between male and female responses for the consequences of alleged deceptive actions with male subjects overall selecting more lenient courses of action than females, especially when the alleged offender was an attractive female. Overall, males and females differed in the importance they assigned to attractiveness but this was dependent on the gender of the offender and the deceptive act committed. Implications of this difference in attributions for male and female subjects are discussed.
