Name: Sara Neel
Period: Mr. Thomas, 1st period Psychology

This is my final project for Psychology to examine and analyze the psychology behind people's perceptions of beauty. This includes such influences like the Media, Society, DNA, and Personal Preference.

What really is beauty? What defines it? What makes us consider something as 'beautiful'?
Is it merely skin deep, or does the person must have a certain presence about them?
Is it a state of being?

Why do people strive to be beautiful? What are the benefits? What are the extremes people have gone to, to fit these standards?
Are they there to make us feel worse about ourselves? Are the less fortunate looking there to make us feel better?

How have the standards changed over time? How have they been manipulated to have us reaching for unattainable standards?

In the end, does it all really matter?

Here, I will analyze the possibilities as to what influences humans and their definition of beauty, and what they consider to be beautiful.
These possibilities include the Media, Society, DNA, and Personal Preference.

All images taken from DeviantArt. Layout made with Adobe Photoshop.

June 2009