Ifyouexhibitpositivecharacteristicssuchashonestyandhelpfulnessthechancesarethatyouwillbethoughtasagood-lookingpersonforanewstudyhasfoundthattheperception（认知）ofphysicalattractivenessisinfluencedbyaperson'spersonality．

ThestudywhichwasledbyGaryW．Lewandowskihasfoundthatpeoplewhoexhibitnegativecharacteristicssuchasunfairnessandrudenessappeartobelessphysicallyattractivetoobservers．Inthestudytheparticipantsviewedphotographsofopposite-sexindividualsandratedthemforattractivenessbeforeandafterbeingprovidedwithinformationabouttheirpersonalities．

Afterpersonalityinformationwasreceivedparticipantsalsoratedtheprobabilityofeachindividual'sbecomingafriendandadatingpartner．Informationonpersonalitywasfoundtosignificantlychangetheprobabilityshowingthatcognitive（认知的）processesmodify（修改）judgmentsofattractiveness．

"Thinkingapersonashavingadesirablepersonalitymakesthepersonmoresuitableingeneralasacloserelationshippartnerofanykind"saidLewandowski．

Thefindingsshowthatapositivepersonalityleadstogreaterexpectationofbecomingfriendswhichleadstogreaterexpectationofbecomingromanticpartnersandfinallytobeingviewedasmorephysicallyattractive．Thefindingsremainedconsistentregardlessofhow"attractive"theindividualwasformerlythoughttobeoroftheparticipants'currentrelationshipstatus．

"Thisresearchprovidesapositiveoutcomebyremindingpeoplethatpersonalitygoesalongwaytowarddeterminingyourattractiveness;itcanevenchangepeople'simpressionsofhowgood-lookingyouare"saidLewandowski．

1.Inthestudytheparticipantswererequiredto_____．

A．trytomakefriendswitheachother

B．trytoprovepositivecharactersmakepeoplemoreattractive

C．exhibitnegativecharacterssuchasunfairnessandrudeness

D．rateone'sattractivenessbyphotosbeforeandafterknowingherorhispersonality

2.What'stheCORRECTorderofhowcognitiveprocessesmodifyjudgmentsofattractiveness?

a．findapersonwithapositivepersonality

b．viewtheper