... Introduction The original development of Social Psychology was intended to identify basic principles of behavior that affect people around the world. Studies conducted in this perspective often relate to human behaviors that apply to all humans. The study that was replicated by the researchers deals with the halo effect. This effect states that physical attractiveness has advantage over those that are less attractive. The halo effect builds around the belief that more beautiful people are thought to have beautiful personalities and possess other socially desirable characteristics. The study that the researchers are going to imitate is from a study conducted by (Sigall & Ostrove, 1975). In their experiment their hypothesis stated that more attractive people will receive less time sentenced in jail. This study and the theory that it is based upon all support our research hypothesis. Another study which supports the prediction in the research hypothesis is a ...

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