Performance in video games affects self-perceived mate value and mate preferences.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael M. Kasumovic ◽  
Elisabeth Hatcher ◽  
Khandis R. Blake ◽  
Thomas F. Denson
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mate Value

Who gets mad and who feels bad? Mate value discrepancies predict anger and shame in response to transgressions in romantic relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2963-2982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cari D. Goetz ◽  
Nestor M. Maria
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Committed Relationships ◽  
Relational Transgressions ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
Theories Of Emotions

Mate value discrepancies (MVDs) predict multiple outcomes in romantic relationships, including relationship satisfaction, jealousy, and forgiveness. We tested the hypotheses that MVDs would predict anger and shame in response to both medium and strong transgressions within romantic relationships. Participants in long-term committed relationships read scenarios describing relational transgressions and rated how much anger and shame they would feel if they were either the victim or the perpetrator of the transgressions in their current relationship. We found partial support for our hypotheses. Victims of medium-level transgressions were angrier the more alternative potential mates there were that were closer to their ideal mate preferences than their current partner. Perpetrators of strong transgressions felt more shame the higher in mate value their partner was compared to them. Results suggest that different MVDs may predict different outcomes in relationships and highlight the importance of using functional theories of emotions to predict individual differences in emotional responses.

scholarly journals Contrasting Computational Models of Mate Preference Integration Across 45 Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Conroy-Beam ◽  
David M. Buss ◽  
Kelly Asao ◽  
Agnieszka Sorokowska ◽  
Piotr Sorokowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Computational Models ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mate Preference ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
The World ◽  
Power Of Choice ◽  
Mating Psychology ◽  
Human Mating

AbstractHumans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the choice of actual romantic partners, human mating psychology must possess a means to integrate information across these many preference dimensions into summaries of the overall mate value of their potential mates. Here we explore the computational design of this mate preference integration process using a large sample of n = 14,487 people from 45 countries around the world. We combine this large cross-cultural sample with agent-based models to compare eight hypothesized models of human mating markets. Across cultures, people higher in mate value appear to experience greater power of choice on the mating market in that they set higher ideal standards, better fulfill their preferences in choice, and pair with higher mate value partners. Furthermore, we find that this cross-culturally universal pattern of mate choice is most consistent with a Euclidean model of mate preference integration.

The Influence of Women’s Mate Value on Intrasexual Competition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryanne L. Fisher ◽  
Ana María Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intrasexual Competition ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Female Mate ◽  
Self Assessments ◽  
Mating Market

In order to engage in assortative mating, people must be accurate in self-assessments of their current worth on the mating market. We argue that people intrinsically know their worth (i.e., mate value), and that this knowledge has far-reaching implications on a variety of behaviors and decisions. Here our focus is on women’s mate value and how it relates to their intrasexual competition for access to, and retention of, romantic partners. We start with a review of definitions and the components of female mate value, discuss mate preferences in relation to assessment of mate value, and then briefly provide a sample of some auxiliary issues, such as how feelings of control over mate value influence one’s well-being. We then turn to female intrasexual competition and specifically review competitive strategy use in relation to mate value. In the last section, we provide areas for further investigation.

scholarly journals A multivariate analysis of women's mating strategies and sexual selection on men's facial morphology

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 191209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa R. Clarkson ◽  
Morgan J. Sidari ◽  
Rosanna Sains ◽  
Meredith Alexander ◽  
Melissa Harrison ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Selection ◽  
Mate Choice ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Mating Strategies ◽  
Facial Morphology ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Significant Positive Association ◽  
Facial Masculinity ◽  
Moral Disgust

The strength and direction of sexual selection via female choice on masculine facial traits in men is a paradox in human mate choice research. While masculinity may communicate benefits to women and offspring directly (i.e. resources) or indirectly (i.e. health), masculine men may be costly as long-term partners owing to lower paternal investment. Mating strategy theory suggests women's preferences for masculine traits are strongest when the costs associated with masculinity are reduced. This study takes a multivariate approach to testing whether women's mate preferences are context-dependent. Women ( n = 919) rated attractiveness when considering long-term and short-term relationships for male faces varying in beardedness (clean-shaven and full beards) and facial masculinity (30% and 60% feminized, unmanipulated, 30% and 60% masculinized). Participants then completed scales measuring pathogen, sexual and moral disgust, disgust towards ectoparasites, reproductive ambition, self-perceived mate value and the facial hair in partners and fathers. In contrast to past research, we found no associations between pathogen disgust, self-perceived mate value or reproductive ambition and facial masculinity preferences. However, we found a significant positive association between moral disgust and preferences for masculine faces and bearded faces. Preferences for beards were lower among women with higher ectoparasite disgust, providing evidence for ectoparasite avoidance hypothesis. However, women reporting higher pathogen disgust gave higher attractiveness ratings for bearded faces than women reporting lower pathogen disgust, providing support for parasite-stress theories of sexual selection and mate choice. Preferences for beards were also highest among single and married women with the strongest reproductive ambition. Overall, our results reflect mixed associations between individual differences in mating strategies and women's mate preferences for masculine facial traits.

Euclidean Mate Value and Power of Choice on the Mating Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Conroy-Beam
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Mate Preferences ◽  
Euclidean Algorithm ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Mate Value ◽  
Ideal Standards ◽  
Power Of Choice ◽  
Mating Psychology ◽  
Human Mating

Three studies tested the hypothesis that human mate choice psychology uses a Euclidean algorithm to integrate mate preferences into estimates of mate value. In Study 1, a series of agent-based models identify a pattern of results relatively unique to mating markets where individuals high in Euclidean mate value experience greater power of choice: strong preference fulfillment overall and correlations between mate value and (a) preference fulfillment, (b) ideal standards, and (c) partner mate value. Studies 2 and 3 demonstrated that this pattern of results that emerges in human romantic relationships, is specific to mate value as a long-term partner, and is not accounted for by participant biases. These results suggest that human mate choice psychology uses a Euclidean algorithm to integrate mate preferences in mate choice, providing insight into the computational design of human mating psychology and validating this algorithm as a useful tool for future research.

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