Cash in Hand, Want Better Looking Mate: Significant Resource Cues Raise Reported Mating Standards in Men

• Main Authors: YONG, Jose C., LI, Norman P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Evolutionary psychology; Sex differences; Mate preferences; Mating; Mating standards; Money; Priming; Resource cues; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1052; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2308/viewcontent/Cash_in_hand_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Resources are a cardinal component of male mate value in the sexual exchange between men and women. Inspired by theories and research suggesting a link between mating and resource constructs as well as studies linking money and valuations of others, the current study tests the hypothesis that cues t...