Trade-Offs and Psychological Mechanisms: Experimental Methods and Mate Preferences

• Main Authors: LI, Norman P., Bailey, J. Michael
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
• Subjects: Gender and Sexuality; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/893
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Women rate creativity as important in a mate. But what if getting a more creative partner comes at the expense of losing a high income? Previous researchers have asked participants to their state preferences for mate characteristics one at a time. While results have been illuminating, tradeoffs rout...