Cuteness, the Glossary
Cuteness is a type of attractiveness commonly associated with youth and appearance, as well as a scientific concept and analytical model in ethology, first introduced by Austrian ethologist Konrad Lorenz.[1]
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68 relations: Acceptance, Adaptation, Adoption, Allometry, Anatomical terms of location, Baker University, Bambi, Baroque, Barry Bogin, Beauty, Biology, Boston University, Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, Brow ridge, Cardioid, Cartilage, Chocolate, Cohort (statistics), Combined oral contraceptive pill, Cornell University, Cute aggression, Development of the human body, Domestication of the dog, Dynastinae, Emory University, Estrogen, Ethology, Experiment, French Bulldog, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Gender, Germany, Heart symbol, Hormone, Human physical appearance, Invertebrate, Kansas, Kawaii, Kewpie doll effect, Kitten, Konrad Lorenz, Larva, Mammal, Maxilla, Menopause, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mickey Mouse, Neoteny, Neurocranium, Northern Italy, ... Expand index (18 more) »
- Physical attractiveness
Acceptance
Acceptance in human psychology is a person's recognition and assent to the finality of a situation without attempting to change or protest it.
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
Adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents.
Allometry
Allometry (Ancient Greek "other", "measurement") is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and behaviour, first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form and by Julian Huxley in 1932.
Anatomical terms of location
Standard anatomical terms of location are used to unambiguously describe the anatomy of animals, including humans.
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Baker University
Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas.
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Bambi
Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Baroque
The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.
Barry Bogin
Barry Bogin (born May 20, 1950) is an American physical anthropologist trained at Temple University who researches physical growth in Guatemalan Maya children, and is a theorist upon the evolutionary origins of human childhood.
Beauty
Beauty is commonly described as a feature of objects that makes them pleasurable to perceive. Cuteness and Beauty are Concepts in aesthetics and physical attractiveness.
Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life.
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS), also known as brachycephalic airway obstructive syndrome (BAOS), brachycephalic airway syndrome (BAS), and brachycephalic syndrome (BS), is a pathological condition affecting short nosed dogs and cats which can lead to severe respiratory distress.
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Brow ridge
The brow ridge, or supraorbital ridge known as superciliary arch in medicine, is a bony ridge located above the eye sockets of all primates and some other animals. In humans, the eyebrows are located on their lower margin.
Cardioid
In geometry, a cardioid is a plane curve traced by a point on the perimeter of a circle that is rolling around a fixed circle of the same radius.
Cartilage
Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.
Chocolate
Chocolate or cocoa is a food made from roasted and ground cocoa seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods.
Cohort (statistics)
In statistics, epidemiology, marketing and demography, a cohort is a group of subjects who share a defining characteristic (typically subjects who experienced a common event in a selected time period, such as birth or graduation).
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Combined oral contraceptive pill
The combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), often referred to as the birth control pill or colloquially as "the pill", is a type of birth control that is designed to be taken orally by women.
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Cornell University
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.
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Cute aggression
Cute aggression, or playful aggression, is the urge to squeeze or bite things perceived as being cute without the desire to cause any harm.
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Development of the human body
Development of the human body is the process of growth to maturity.
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Domestication of the dog
The domestication of the dog was the process which led to the domestic dog.
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Dynastinae
Dynastinae or rhinoceros beetles are a subfamily of the scarab beetle family (Scarabaeidae).
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Estrogen
Estrogen (oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics.
Ethology
Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behaviour of non-human animals.
Experiment
An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
French Bulldog
The French Bulldog (italic) is a French breed of companion dog or toy dog.
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Functional magnetic resonance imaging or functional MRI (fMRI) measures brain activity by detecting changes associated with blood flow.
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Gender
Gender includes the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Heart symbol
The heart symbol is an ideograph used to express the idea of the "heart" in its metaphorical or symbolic sense.
Hormone
A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physiology and behavior.
Human physical appearance
Human physical appearance is the outward phenotype or look of human beings.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates is an umbrella term describing animals that neither develop nor retain a vertebral column (commonly known as a spine or backbone), which evolved from the notochord.
Kansas
Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Kawaii
Kawaii is a Japanese cultural phenomenon which emphasizes cuteness, childlike innocence, charm, and simplicity. Cuteness and Kawaii are Concepts in aesthetics.
Kewpie doll effect
The Kewpie doll effect is a term used in developmental psychology derived from research in ethology to help explain how a child's physical features, such as lengthened forehead and rounded face, motivate the infant's caregiver to take care of them.
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Kitten
A kitten is a juvenile cat.
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Mammal
A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.
Maxilla
In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.
Menopause
Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of reproduction.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Neoteny
Neoteny, also called juvenilization,Montagu, A. (1989).
Neurocranium
In human anatomy, the neurocranium, also known as the braincase, brainpan, or brain-pan, is the upper and back part of the skull, which forms a protective case around the brain.
Northern Italy
Northern Italy (Italia settentrionale, label, label) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy.
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Nucleus accumbens
The nucleus accumbens (NAc or NAcc; also known as the accumbens nucleus, or formerly as the nucleus accumbens septi, Latin for 'nucleus adjacent to the septum') is a region in the basal forebrain rostral to the preoptic area of the hypothalamus.
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Operation (game)
Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players' hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
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Orbitofrontal cortex
The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is a prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision-making.
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Personality
Personality is any person's collection of interrelated behavioral, cognitive and emotional patterns that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life.
Physical attractiveness
Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical features are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful.
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Progesterone
Progesterone (P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species.
Puppy
A puppy is a juvenile dog.
Reference
A reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
Skull
The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain.
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science.
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Stereotype
In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people.
Stimulus (psychology)
In psychology, a stimulus is any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral response in an organism.
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Tardigrade
Tardigrades, known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals.
Transformation (function)
In mathematics, a transformation or self-map is a function f, usually with some geometrical underpinning, that maps a set X to itself, i.e..
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University at Buffalo
The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, United States.
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University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.
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Visiting scholar
In academia, a visiting scholar, visiting scientist, visiting researcher, visiting fellow, visiting lecturer, or visiting professor is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture, or perform research on a topic for which the visitor is valued.
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Youth
Youth is the time of life when one is young.
See also
Physical attractiveness
- Averageness
- Beauty
- Body odour and sexual attraction
- Body shape
- Circassian beauty
- Cuteness
- Dimple
- Dimples of Venus
- English rose (epithet)
- FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)
- Facial symmetry
- Female body shape
- Gynoid fat distribution
- Interracial marriage
- Korean beauty standards
- Masculine beauty ideal
- Physical attractiveness
- Race and sexuality
- Sex kitten
- Sexual attraction
- Sexual capital
- Singles event
- Skin lightening in the Middle East
- Tall, dark and handsome
- The Beauty Myth
- Twink (gay slang)
- Waist–hip ratio
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuteness
Also known as Baby schema, Cute, Cuter, Cutest, Cutey, Cutie, Kindchenschema, Kindenschema.
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