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Deconstructing The "smilepill"
- An Amateur's Lesson In Evolutionary Psychology
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Where did smiling come from?
"Primatologist Signe Preuschoft traces the smile back over 30 million years of evolution to a "fear grin" stemming from monkeys and apes, who often used barely clenched teeth to portray to predators that they were harmless or to signal submission to more dominant group members."
- An Amateur's Lesson In Evolutionary Psychology
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Where did smiling come from?
"Primatologist Signe Preuschoft traces the smile back over 30 million years of evolution to a "fear grin" stemming from monkeys and apes, who often used barely clenched teeth to portray to predators that they were harmless or to signal submission to more dominant group members."
The influence of culture on smiling
"The relatively recent phenomenon of smiling in portraits can be attributed at least in part to cultural norms, but these vary from country to country. Studies have shown that the same person is likely to be judged by others as less intelligent when smiling."
VS.
"Studies have found that, under a wide variety of social circumstances, females are more likely than males to smile. The present article offers a theoretical explanation for this difference based on the premise that testosterone (along with other sex hormones) has evolved the tendency to alter brain functioning in ways that inhibit male smiling, especially during their most reproductively active years. Underlying the theory are the assumptions that (a) females have been naturally selected for preferring to mate with males who have the ability to assist in long-term child rearing primarily by provisioning resources, that (b) males partially accommodate this female preference by competing with rival males who are also vying for resources with which to attract mates, and that (c) male smiling interferes with their ability to most effectively intimidate rivals."
"Many studies have shown that females smile more than males do in social situations. The present study extends this research by examining a large sample of high school yearbook photographs. In addition to assessing the degree of smiling, ratings were obtained of the following traits for each photograph: hair length, hair colour, masculine-feminine appearance and physical attractiveness. Results reconfirmed earlier research showing that females smile more than males do while they are being photographed. Other findings were that smiling was positively correlated with hair length, femininity and physical attractiveness for females but not for males. When a multivariate analysis was performed, none of these traits predicted smiling in males, and only femininity was significant in predicting smiling in females. Although social learning theories of smiling can account for some of these findings, a recently proposed neurohormonal theory seems to best explain why femininity is related to smiling in females but not in males."
"...found that the relationship context (i.e., short term vs. long term) modulated the relative importance of trustworthiness in mate selection. In their study, both men and women placed more importance on trustworthiness for long-term partners than for short-term partners while the reverse was true on attractiveness."
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Less trust worthy (i.e Smiling) is optimal for short term. (aka Chad's term)
In Experiment 1, female participants rated facial attractiveness for a prospective short-term relationship (e.g., as a boyfriend going out on a date) or for a prospective long-term relationship (e.g., as a possible marriage partner). In addition, we examined cultural influences by comparing participants from East Asia and Europe.
Our predictions were confirmed: smiling enhanced the male facial attractiveness for long-term relationships but not for short-term relationships.
In Experiment 2, we manipulated facial expression to examine the role of such traits in judgments of male facial attractiveness for smiling and neutral faces. In particular, female participants were asked to rate masculinity, maturity, and trustworthiness of face photographs.
Perrett et al. (1998) reported that personality characteristics unsuitable for parenting (e.g., untrustworthy, cold, aggressive) were typically ascribed to masculinized faces, whereas personality traits suitable for parenting (e.g., trustworthy, warm, cooperative) were typically ascribed to feminized faces. If the opposite strategies for parenting are taken into consideration, the results of Experiment 2 suggest that the neutral faces, relative to the smiling ones, produce more preferable impressions for short-term partners; while the smiling faces, relative to the neutral ones, produce more preferable impressions for long-term partners.
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My own take:
Smiling is inherently feminine / Beta.
Do you think the leaders / warriors in the tribe smiled all the time like fucking retards?
No.
Of course not.
They were too occupied with stress.
Them smiling would mean they are not stressing, Not worried about the tribe, Not worried about enemy tribes or bears that might attack.
They were on guard, Ready to defend 24/7, because that's how its been since the beginning.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
en.wikipedia.org
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
VS.
"Studies have found that, under a wide variety of social circumstances, females are more likely than males to smile. The present article offers a theoretical explanation for this difference based on the premise that testosterone (along with other sex hormones) has evolved the tendency to alter brain functioning in ways that inhibit male smiling, especially during their most reproductively active years. Underlying the theory are the assumptions that (a) females have been naturally selected for preferring to mate with males who have the ability to assist in long-term child rearing primarily by provisioning resources, that (b) males partially accommodate this female preference by competing with rival males who are also vying for resources with which to attract mates, and that (c) male smiling interferes with their ability to most effectively intimidate rivals."
"Many studies have shown that females smile more than males do in social situations. The present study extends this research by examining a large sample of high school yearbook photographs. In addition to assessing the degree of smiling, ratings were obtained of the following traits for each photograph: hair length, hair colour, masculine-feminine appearance and physical attractiveness. Results reconfirmed earlier research showing that females smile more than males do while they are being photographed. Other findings were that smiling was positively correlated with hair length, femininity and physical attractiveness for females but not for males. When a multivariate analysis was performed, none of these traits predicted smiling in males, and only femininity was significant in predicting smiling in females. Although social learning theories of smiling can account for some of these findings, a recently proposed neurohormonal theory seems to best explain why femininity is related to smiling in females but not in males."
"...found that the relationship context (i.e., short term vs. long term) modulated the relative importance of trustworthiness in mate selection. In their study, both men and women placed more importance on trustworthiness for long-term partners than for short-term partners while the reverse was true on attractiveness."
^
Less trust worthy (i.e Smiling) is optimal for short term. (aka Chad's term)
In Experiment 1, female participants rated facial attractiveness for a prospective short-term relationship (e.g., as a boyfriend going out on a date) or for a prospective long-term relationship (e.g., as a possible marriage partner). In addition, we examined cultural influences by comparing participants from East Asia and Europe.
Our predictions were confirmed: smiling enhanced the male facial attractiveness for long-term relationships but not for short-term relationships.
In Experiment 2, we manipulated facial expression to examine the role of such traits in judgments of male facial attractiveness for smiling and neutral faces. In particular, female participants were asked to rate masculinity, maturity, and trustworthiness of face photographs.
Perrett et al. (1998) reported that personality characteristics unsuitable for parenting (e.g., untrustworthy, cold, aggressive) were typically ascribed to masculinized faces, whereas personality traits suitable for parenting (e.g., trustworthy, warm, cooperative) were typically ascribed to feminized faces. If the opposite strategies for parenting are taken into consideration, the results of Experiment 2 suggest that the neutral faces, relative to the smiling ones, produce more preferable impressions for short-term partners; while the smiling faces, relative to the neutral ones, produce more preferable impressions for long-term partners.
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My own take:
Smiling is inherently feminine / Beta.
Do you think the leaders / warriors in the tribe smiled all the time like fucking retards?
No.
Of course not.
They were too occupied with stress.
Them smiling would mean they are not stressing, Not worried about the tribe, Not worried about enemy tribes or bears that might attack.
They were on guard, Ready to defend 24/7, because that's how its been since the beginning.
Gender differences in smiling: An evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory - PubMed
Studies have found that, under a wide variety of social circumstances, females are more likely than males to smile. The present article offers a theoretical explanation for this difference based on the premise that testosterone (along with other sex hormones) has evolved the tendency to alter...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Smile - Wikipedia
Sex differences in smiling and other photographed traits: a theoretical assessment - PubMed
Many studies have shown that females smile more than males do in social situations. The present study extends this research by examining a large sample of high school yearbook photographs. In addition to assessing the degree of smiling, ratings were obtained of the following traits for each...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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