Replicating and reversing the group attractiveness effect: Relatively unattractive groups are perceived as less attractive than the average attractiveness of their members

The group attractiveness (GA) effect reveals that groups as a whole are perceived as more attractive than the average attractiveness of their members. This effect seems to be driven by selective attention to the most attractive members of a group. We hypothesized that when group members stand out be...

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Main Authors: Yvette van Osch, Willem W.A. Sleegers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821000810