Predicting Romantic Interest and Decisions in the Very Early Stages of Mate Selection: Standards, Accuracy, and Sex Differences

• Main Authors: FLETCHER, Garth J. O., KERR, Patrick S. G., LI, Norman P., VALENTINE, Katherine A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
• Subjects: mate selection; standards; accuracy; sex differences; Gender and Sexuality; Personality and Social Contexts; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1470; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2726/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In the current study, opposite-sex strangers had 10-min conversations with a possible further date in mind. Based on judgments from partners and observers, three main findings were produced. First, judgments of attractiveness/vitality perceptions (compared with warmth/trustworthiness and status/reso...