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| ⚫ | In 1943, Konrad Lorenz proposed that an infant`s plump, round facial features (i.e. cheeks, ears, and nose), and large forehead prompted caregiver`s to exhibit increased feelings of attachment to the infant because of the child`s adorable appearance <ref>{{cite journal |last= Lorenz |first= K.Z. |title= The Innate Forms of Possible Experience |journal= Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |year= 1943}}. |
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[[Ethology]] links the study of animal behavior and biological perspectives to human behavior and social organization <ref>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=David R. Shaffer ... [et|title=Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence|year=2010|publisher=Nelson Education|location=Toronto|isbn=978-0-17-650349-9|pages=58|edition=4th Canadian ed.}}</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | In 1943, [[Konrad Lorenz]] proposed that an infant`s plump, round facial features (i.e. cheeks, ears, and nose), and large forehead prompted caregiver`s to exhibit increased feelings of attachment to the infant because of the child`s adorable appearance <ref>{{cite journal |last= Lorenz |first= K.Z. |title= The Innate Forms of Possible Experience |journal= Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie |year= 1943}} </ref>. Lorenz believed that the innate cuteness features of the infant was a preadapted characteristic, a characteristic that increases the individual's chance of survival, and the likelihood that their genes will be passed onto further generations <ref>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=David R. Shaffer ... [et|title=Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence|year=2010|publisher=Nelson Education|location=Toronto|isbn=978-0-17-650349-9|pages=451|edition=4th Canadian ed.}}</ref>. |
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The kewpie doll effect is a term used in developmental psychology to help explain how a child's physical features, such as lengthened forehead and rounded features, said to be similar to a kewpie doll, motivate the infant`s caregiver to want to take care of the infant.
Research
Ethological Research
Ethology links the study of animal behavior and biological perspectives to human behavior and social organization [1].
Konrad Lorenz
In 1943, Konrad Lorenz proposed that an infant`s plump, round facial features (i.e. cheeks, ears, and nose), and large forehead prompted caregiver`s to exhibit increased feelings of attachment to the infant because of the child`s adorable appearance [2]. Lorenz believed that the innate cuteness features of the infant was a preadapted characteristic, a characteristic that increases the individual's chance of survival, and the likelihood that their genes will be passed onto further generations [3].
Thomas Alley
Thomas Alley sought to confirm Lorenz's research in 1981. [4]
References
- ^ al.], David R. Shaffer ... [et (2010). Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence (4th Canadian ed. ed.). Toronto: Nelson Education. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-17-650349-9.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Lorenz, K.Z. (1943). "The Innate Forms of Possible Experience". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie.
- ^ al.], David R. Shaffer ... [et (2010). Developmental psychology : childhood and adolescence (4th Canadian ed. ed.). Toronto: Nelson Education. p. 451. ISBN 978-0-17-650349-9.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help) - ^ Alley, T.R.. (1981). "Head shape and the perception of cuteness". Journal of Child Language. 17 (5): 650–654.
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Further reading
- Shaffer, David R.; Kipp, Katherine (2010). Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence (8th ed.). Wadsworth.
- Biological Altruism at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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