How Self-Assessments Can Guide Human Mating Decisions

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  • Lars Penke
  • Peter M. Todd
  • Alison P. Lenton
چکیده

From puberty onward, mating becomes a major focus of thought: Whom shall I date? Shall I stay with my current partner, or look for someone else? Can I find someone better? Will she like me? Will he leave me for someone else? How popular with the opposite sex am I, compared to my peers? These types of questions, which sometimes persist throughout adulthood, point to the complexity of mating decisions. These decisions roughly fall into two categories: Mate-choice decisions and mating-tactic decisions. Mate choice concerns the target of one’s mating effort: which available members of the opposite sex should an individual pursue for a mating relationship (Darwin, 1871; Jennions & Petrie, 1997; Miller & Todd, 1998; Miller, 2000a; Kokko, Brooks, Jennions, & Morley, 2003; Geary, Vigil, & Byrd-Craven, 2004). Should I go with the most

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تاریخ انتشار 2007