Error management theory: A new perspective on biases in cross-sex mind reading

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-91

  Haselton, Martie G ^a   Buss, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREJUDICE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033629729     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.78.1.81     Document Type: Article

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