Mate choice turns cognitive

Miller, Geoffrey F.; Todd, Peter M.

doi:10.1016/s1364-6613(98)01169-3

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“…As with the number of mate options [2], there may be a natural range of variability in mate options that a given species is adapted to select among, with variability outside this range yielding confusion (see [22]). Overall, our findings strengthen evidence for the bounded rationality of human mate choice [18]. We remind the reader that our predictor variables were centred and standardized, but we describe 'number of options' here in its raw form, as these values are more comprehensible.…”

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“…Usually within 48 h, participants communicated their decisions ('yes' or 'no' for each opposite-sex speed dater) to the agency. Consequently, our results are less relevant to decision-rule models necessitating that a single option is chosen than they are to models that allow for multiple choices and/or models in which options are winnowed in stages [8,9,18,19].…”

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Too much of a good thing? Variety is confusing in mate choice

Lenton

Francesconi

2011

Biol. Lett.

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Choice variety is supposed to increase the likelihood that a chooser's preferences are satisfied. To assess the effects of variety on real-world mate choice, we analysed human dating decisions across 84 speed-dating events (events in which people go on a series of sequential 'mini-dates'). Results showed that choosers made fewer proposals (positive dating decisions) at events in which the available dates showed greater variety across such attributes as age, height, occupation and education, and this effect was particularly strong when choosers were confronted with a larger number of opposite-sex speed daters. Additionally, participants attending events in which the available options showed greater variety across these attributes were less likely to choose the consensually preferred mate option and more likely to choose no one at all. In contexts in which time is a limited resource, choice variety-rather than facilitating choice quality or increasing choosiness-is confusing and potentially detrimental to choice quality.

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Too much of a good thing? Variety is confusing in mate choice

Lenton

Francesconi

2011

Biol. Lett.

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“…One potential application of these findings more generally is simply to better understand the mechanisms and processes by which people treat others' differently based on appearance (e.g. Miller & Todd, 1998). Indeed, awareness-raising might be suitable to stimulate decision-makers to reflect on the potential impact their perception of physical cues may have on employee pay.…”

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Perceptions of facial dominance, trustworthiness and attractiveness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks

Fruhen

Watkins

Jones

2015

The Leadership Quarterly

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Positive associations between physical attractiveness and employee reward are well-documented within the organizational literature. Although the impact of facial cues to trustworthiness and dominance on a number of social outcomes has been established outside of the workplace, the extent to which they affect pay at different managerial levels in addition to attractiveness is yet to be investigated. This paper presents research into this issue using a face payment task for shop floor managers (Retail Managers) and senior managers (Heads of Retail Operations). Evaluations indicated that all three facial cues were positively associated with awarded pay at both managerial levels. Moreover, attractiveness had a significantly stronger link with shop-floor managers' than senior managers' pay, whereas perceived trustworthiness and perceived dominance had significantly stronger links with pay for senior managers than shop-floor managers. It further emerged that women were paid more in this experimental task where pay was awarded solely based on facial features and that the facial features were more predictive of women's than men's pay. Awareness of the role of physical cues in pay awards can be considered by organizations to reduce biases in remuneration. FACIAL CUES AND PAY2

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“…A face humana comunica um grande número de sinais visuais. Embora os julgamentos sobre atratividade facial sejam consistentes através dos estudos, mesmo interculturalmente, há considerável controvérsia ao redor dos vários métodos para identificar as características faciais responsáveis pela atratividade (Fink & PentonVoak, 2002 (Miller & Todd, 1998;Perrett, May & Yoshikawa, 1994).…”

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“…Os resultados obtidos nesta pesquisa e nos estudos realizados previamente proporcionam evidências que demonstram que o período fértil nos humanos não está oculto, pois ocorrem mudanças na face que são detectáveis, mesmo quando o processo de percepção não é ciente. (Miller & Todd, 1998;Sefcek et al, 2005).…”

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A atratividade facial feminina em função da etapa do ciclo menstrual

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Mate choice turns cognitive

Cited by 320 publications

References 54 publications

Too much of a good thing? Variety is confusing in mate choice

Too much of a good thing? Variety is confusing in mate choice

Perceptions of facial dominance, trustworthiness and attractiveness predict managerial pay awards in experimental tasks

A atratividade facial feminina em função da etapa do ciclo menstrual

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