If you exhibit positive traits such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances are that you will perceived as a good looking person, for a new study has found that the perception of physical attractiveness is influenced by a person's personality.

The study, led by Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr, found that people who exhibit negative traits, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically attractive to observers.

In the study, the participants viewed photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated them for attractiveness before and after being provided with information on personality traits.

After personality information was received, participants also rated the desirability of each individual as a friend and as a dating partner.

Information on personality was found to significantly alter perceived desirability, showing that cognitive processes and expectations modify judgments of attractiveness.

"Perceiving a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in general as a close relationship partner of any kind," said Lewandowski.

The findings show that a positive personality leads to greater desirability as a friend, which leads to greater desirability as a romantic partner and, ultimately, to being viewed as more physically attractive.

The findings remained consistent regardless of how "attractive" the individual was initially perceived to be, or of the participants' current relationship status or commitment level with a partner.

The study simulates a more typical context in which seeing the person's appearance precedes learning about their personality, and shows that perceptions of a person's physical attractiveness may change over time due to their positive or negative traits.

"This research provides a more positive alternative by reminding people that personality goes a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people's impressions of how good looking you are," said Lewandowski.

研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，一個(gè)人的性格會(huì)影響他的外表的吸引力，所以如果你展示自己諸如誠(chéng)實(shí)和樂(lè)于助人這些正面的品質(zhì)，別人就很有可能覺(jué)得你是一個(gè)相貌好看的人。

由Gary W. Lewandowski,發(fā)起的這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果一個(gè)人表現(xiàn)出諸如狹隘偏激和粗暴這類負(fù)面的品質(zhì)，他們的外表對(duì)觀察者的吸引力就會(huì)較小。

研究中，參加者們觀察異性的照片，讓他們?cè)谥�道�?duì)方的性格特征之前和之后，分別去評(píng)價(jià)其吸引力。

在了解對(duì)方的性格之后，讓參與者仍然將對(duì)方作為朋友或者約會(huì)伙伴的角度來(lái)考慮，看中意程度任何。

在獲悉對(duì)方性格之后，參與者對(duì)對(duì)方的滿意程度有很大的改變。這表明，認(rèn)知過(guò)程與期望能改變一個(gè)人對(duì)別人外表的喜歡程度。

“如果感覺(jué)到這個(gè)人有很好的性格品質(zhì)，人們通常會(huì)樂(lè)意與他成為各種關(guān)系的親密伙伴。” Lewandowski說(shuō)。

研究表明，人們更原意與一個(gè)有良好品質(zhì)的人成為朋友——那種能夠很容易地過(guò)渡為情人的朋友，總之，這就叫外表上更具魅力！

不管參與者最初對(duì)對(duì)方的感覺(jué)如何，或者說(shuō)不管對(duì)方目前在參與者心中的地位和獲得的評(píng)價(jià)是怎樣的，這項(xiàng)研究的結(jié)果都能夠成立。

研究模擬了一個(gè)更加典型的語(yǔ)境。在這個(gè)更加典型的語(yǔ)境里，讓參與者在了解性格之前先看對(duì)方的外貌，結(jié)果顯示一個(gè)人的正面或者負(fù)面的性格品質(zhì)可以永遠(yuǎn)的改變他的外在魅力。

這項(xiàng)研究可以引導(dǎo)人們的性格朝正面去發(fā)展，因?yàn)樗�提醒人們，你的性格可以長(zhǎng)期的影響你的外在吸引力，它甚至能讓人們感覺(jué)你相貌姣好。