Meeting minimum mate preference thresholds can be more important than the overall score

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216208:11240/22:10448548

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=33JjKH97jH" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=33JjKH97jH</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111675" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.paid.2022.111675</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Meeting minimum mate preference thresholds can be more important than the overall score

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Mate choice appears to be driven by a set of mate preferences. It is, however, unclear how preferences for individual characteristics are integrated into actual mate choice decisions. According to the Additive model, the most desirable partner is the one with the highest overall sum of relevant characteristics. In contrast, the Threshold model predicts that only partners who meet a certain threshold value in all characteristics will be considered. We conducted two studies (Pilot: N = 522, and Main Study: N = 1873) to compare the two models using vignettes describing potential partners. Each vignette was predicted to be preferred either by the Additive or by the Threshold model. Overall, participants preferred the vignettes following the Threshold model, except if the violated characteristic had low importance. Our results indicate that in mate choice, decisions are directed by thresholds in preferences but take also into account the overall sum of the relevant characteristics.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Meeting minimum mate preference thresholds can be more important than the overall score

Popis výsledku anglicky

Mate choice appears to be driven by a set of mate preferences. It is, however, unclear how preferences for individual characteristics are integrated into actual mate choice decisions. According to the Additive model, the most desirable partner is the one with the highest overall sum of relevant characteristics. In contrast, the Threshold model predicts that only partners who meet a certain threshold value in all characteristics will be considered. We conducted two studies (Pilot: N = 522, and Main Study: N = 1873) to compare the two models using vignettes describing potential partners. Each vignette was predicted to be preferred either by the Additive or by the Threshold model. Overall, participants preferred the vignettes following the Threshold model, except if the violated characteristic had low importance. Our results indicate that in mate choice, decisions are directed by thresholds in preferences but take also into account the overall sum of the relevant characteristics.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Personality and Individual Differences

ISSN

0191-8869

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

195

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

September

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

111675

Kód UT WoS článku

000830162500005

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85129260572