Intelligence can be detected but is not found attractive in videos and live interactions

Driebe, Julie C.; Sidari, Morgan J.; Dufner, Michael; Heiden, Juliane M. von der; Bürkner, Paul‐Christian; Penke, Lars; Zietsch, Brendan P.; Arslan, Ruben C.

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.05.002

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“…However, current findings-based on data reported here (Hofer et al, 2021) and another study (Driebe et al, 2021)-suggest that these abilities might actually play a lesser role for initial attraction.…”

Section: Accuracy Of Self- Informant- and Stranger-estimates Of Abilitiescontrasting

confidence: 66%

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Who knows what we are good at? Unique insights of the self, knowledgeable informants, and strangers into a person’s abilities

Hofer¹,

Langmann²,

Burkart³

et al. 2021

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Who is the best judge of a person’s abilities—the person, a knowledgeable informant or strangers just met in a 3-min speed date? To test this, we collected ability measures as well as self-, informant- and stranger-estimates of verbal, numerical and spatial intelligence, creativity, and intra- and interpersonal emotional competence from 175 young adults. While people themselves were the most accurate about the majority of their abilities, their verbal and spatial intelligence were only estimable by informants or strangers, respectively. These differences in accuracy were not accompanied by differences in the domains’ relevance to people’s self-worth or observability to strangers. These results indicate self-other knowledge asymmetries for abilities but raise questions about the reasons behind these asymmetries.

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confidence: 66%

“…What is more, first impressions on speed dates tend to be less accurate than in more platonic contexts (Kerr et al, 2020). In line with this, a speeddating study reported an accuracy of intelligence estimates of only around .1 (Driebe et al, 2021).…”

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confidence: 85%

Who knows what we are good at? Unique insights of the self, knowledgeable informants, and strangers into a person’s abilities

Hofer¹,

Langmann²,

Burkart³

et al. 2021

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“…For example, Agreeableness has been found to be correlated either negatively (Mairesse et al, 2007) or positively (Borkenau & Liebler, 1992) with pitch, and Emotional Stability has been found to be correlated either positively (Mairesse et al, 2007) or negatively (Batrinca et al, 2011) with voice intensity. One possible explanation might lie in the task at hand because most studies used continuous speech tasks (e.g., reading a passage; Borkenau & Liebler, 1992), but others used steady voice tasks (e.g., enunciating vowels; Driebe et al, 2021). In the present study, to account for any possible task effect, both steady voice and continuous speech tasks were employed.…”

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What Does Your Voice Reveal About You?

Koutsoumpis

Vries

2022

Journal of Individual Differences

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Abstract. The first goal of the present study was to explore how 21 voice measures related to self-reported personality and communication styles. The second goal was to test the assertion of Trait Activation Theory (TAT) that traits are activated in relevant situations and that verbal behavior is the result of an interplay between individual differences and situations. The voice of 138 participants was measured in the lab via steady voice and continuous speech tasks, whereas personality and communication styles were self-reported using the HEXACO and Communication Styles Inventory. To test TAT, four scenarios were developed to activate the communication styles of Informality and Expressiveness. It was hypothesized that the activated communication styles will interact with relevant situations and will be expressed through changes in voice (i.e., pitch variation). Regarding the first goal, an explorative approach revealed that voice characteristics are informative mainly for the personality traits of Openness to Experience, Emotionality, and Conscientiousness and the communication styles of Emotionality and Questioningness. Regarding the second goal, the interactions between situations and communication styles provided mixed support for TAT. Implications and limitations of the study are discussed.

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“…Indeed, depending on the short- or long-term context of romantic relation, people value specific attributes in a potential mate ( Buss and Schmitt, 1993 ). Attractive traits can belong to various domains ( Miller, 1999 , 2000a , b ), which has been evidenced for the domain of music ( Varella et al, 2010 ; Charlton, 2014 ; Kaufman et al, 2016 ; Madison et al, 2018 ), humor ( Kaufman et al, 2008 ; Greengross and Miller, 2011 ; Driebe et al, 2021 ), creativity ( Li et al, 2002 ), and art ( Clegg et al, 2011 ). Creativity definitely has its utilitarian value: it has probably allowed for the development of new ways of enabling survival, such as improving hunting methods or building shelters.…”

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Enhanced Originality of Ideas in Women During Ovulation: A Within-Subject Design Study

Galasinska

Szymków

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The signaling theory suggests that creativity may have evolved as a signal for mates. Indeed, its aesthetic value might not have been necessary for survival, but it could have helped to attract a mate, fostering childbearing. If we consider creativity as such a signal, we should expect it will be enhanced in the context related to sexual selection. This hypothesis was tested mainly for men. However, both men and women display physical and mental traits that can attract a mate. Previous studies showed that women can be more creative during their peak fertility. We advanced these findings in the present study, applying reliable measures of menstrual cycle phases (examining saliva and urine samples) and the highly recommended within-subject design. We also introduced and tested possible mediators of the effect. We found women’s ideas to be more original during ovulation compared to non-fertile phases of the ovulatory cycle. The results are discussed in the context of signaling theory and alternative explanations are considered.

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Intelligence can be detected but is not found attractive in videos and live interactions

Cited by 14 publications

References 40 publications

Who knows what we are good at? Unique insights of the self, knowledgeable informants, and strangers into a person’s abilities

Who knows what we are good at? Unique insights of the self, knowledgeable informants, and strangers into a person’s abilities

What Does Your Voice Reveal About You?

Enhanced Originality of Ideas in Women During Ovulation: A Within-Subject Design Study

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