You've just moved into a new singles complex,where you have yet to meet anyone appealing.You're going to attend the first "mixer," and you want to increase the odds that any attractive single woman you meet will ask you on a date.Based on the results of a study conducted by Elaine Walster (Hatfield)and her colleagues (1966)you will be more successful in this endeavor if you

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According to the study conducted by Elaine Walster and her colleagues in 1966, physical attractiveness is one of the most important factors in determining whether a person will be asked on a date. Therefore, making oneself look as attractive as possible is likely to increase the odds of being asked on a date by an attractive single woman at the mixer. While having things in common and being intelligent and sensitive may also be attractive qualities, they are not as strongly correlated with being asked on a first date as physical attractiveness. Remaining close to attractive men or positioning oneself beside the same attractive woman at all times may actually decrease the odds of being asked on a date, as it may come across as desperate or possessive behavior.

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