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attractiveness  

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  • The term attraction can refer to numerous interpersonal factors from liking to love, but it is most commonly used to indicate evaluative judgments of physical attractiveness. Although now prominently featured in journals of many disciplines, the scientific study of attraction is a relative newcomer to psychology. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Attractiveness]

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