mate preferences
Greater Emphasis on Female Attractiveness in Homo sapiens: A Revised Solution to an Old Evolutionary Riddle
by: shinta, 11 pagesSubstantial evidence from psychology and cross-cultural anthropology supports a general rule of greater emphasis on female physical attractiveness in Homo sapiens. As sensed by Darwin (1871) and ...
Showing Off in Humans: Male Generosity as a Mating Signal
by: shinta, 7 pagesWe examined people’s charity contributions while in the presence of an observer of the same sex, opposite sex, or no observer. Inspired by costly signaling theory, we hypothesized that men ...
Age Variation in Mating Strategies and Mate Preferences: Beliefs versus Reality
by: shinta, 27 pagesWe conducted three studies to (1) investigate individuals’ beliefs about change in mating desires over the course of emerging adulthood and (2) determine whether those beliefs ...
Comparing Narratives of Personal and Preferred Partner Characteristics in Online Dating Advertisements
by: Evan Monse, 16 pagesThis study explored online personal ads of 294 heterosexual and homosexual men and women in the United States through a qualitative analysis and comparison of participant-generated ...
