One woman's behavior affects the attractiveness of others

被引：8
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作者：
Mishra, Sandeep [1 ]
Clark, Andrew [1 ]
Daly, Martin [1 ]
机构：
[1] McMaster Univ, Dept Psychol Neurosci & Behav Med, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada
来源：
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR | 2007年 / 28卷 / 02期
基金：
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词：
attractiveness; contrast effects; mating effort; proceptivity; sex differences; evolutionary psychology;
D O I：
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.11.001
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Previous research has shown that viewing photos of highly attractive women adversely affects men's evaluations of more typical women and of their own romantic partners. We could not replicate these results, but induced similar effects by showing participants an innocuous mock video interview of an opposite-sex stranger. Mated men's ratings of their partners and unattached men's ratings of other women were both lower if the interviewee had smiled and acted warmly than if she seemed uninterested, whereas women exhibited no such effects of watching a male interviewee. The results support the hypothesis that perceptions of attractiveness function to assist effective allocation of mating effort, not only in response to the relative quality of potential courtship targets but also in response to behavioral predictors of positive outcome. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码：145 / 149
页数：5
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