Speaker (Alli Peck) defines the psychological "halo effect" — the tendency for people to assume that more attractive individuals are also more capable, intelligent, and likable — and connects that bias to real-world stakes: in job interviews people may change their appearance to look more professional if they fear losing housing or income.
There's something in psychology called the halo effect. I think it's called the halo effect. And essentially what the halo effect is is good looking people, better looking people, more attractive people. Society automatically looks at them and assumes that they're smarter, they're more skilled, they're better at their job, they're more intelligent, they're nicer. And you can use your imagination to understand why that would be the case. But if you are very desperate for a job and you are at risk of not being able to pay your rent, or not being able to put food on the table for your family, and you have the ability to change your appearance in order to look more professional for a job interview, you have the option to do so.
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