As children grow up, various moral sayings are instilled in them, one of which is "beauty comes from within", but is this really the case? The answer is no, we are attracted by physical appearance then personality comes into play. When you are intrigued by someone's appearance so much that it attracts one person to another, that is attraction. There are certain aspects of a person's appearance that make them attractive to more people, things like facial symmetry and body size ratios, that is their attractiveness. Looking at someone we don't know, we analyze their facial symmetry or the relationship between their head and shoulders because it's instinct. It is a variety of different factors that come together to produce what an individual recognizes as attractiveness. This article will include these attractiveness factors from a psychological perspective, three different articles will be reviewed and brought together to help understand attractiveness. In the first article “Symmetry and Perceived Facial Attractiveness: A Comparison of Monozygotic Co-Twins,” author Linda Mealy suggests that facial symmetry plays an important role in attractiveness. It brings attention to the fact that facial attractiveness plays just as important a role in sex selection as physical attractiveness when looking for potential mates. There are certain facial features deemed “attractive” in each of the sexes that unconsciously influence human sexual selection. These are markers on the face that appear with puberty and increase with sexual maturity. Indicators such as “high testosterone levels in the young male lead to growth of the lower face and jaw; both the length and width of the chin are important determinants of the perception of male attractiveness. While high levels of estrogen… half of the paper… inside there seems to be that beauty that predicts a person's attractiveness to the outside world. Works Cited Blancenhorn. “Fluctuating asymmetry, body size, and sexual selection.” Dimensions and Symmetry 1998: 735-753. Web.Mealey, L. “Symmetry and perceived facial attractiveness: a comparison of monozygotic twins.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1999): 151-158. Document.Sheppard, Leah. “The Effect of Target Attractiveness and Rating Method on the Accuracy of Trait Ratings.” Journal of Personnel Psychology, vol 10 (2011): 24-33. Print.Singh, Devendra. “Adaptive significance of female physical attractiveness: role of waist-hip ratio.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1993): 293-307. Print.Weeden, Jason. “Physical attractiveness and health in Western societies: a review.” Psychological Bulletin, Vol 131 (2005): 635-653. Press.