Using Revealed Mate Preferences to Evaluate Market Force and Differential Preference Explanations for Mate Selection

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1226-1244

  Wood, Dustin ^a   Brumbaugh, Claudia Chloe ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

assortative mating; attraction; mate preferences; mate selection; revealed preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSENSUS; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSENSUS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 66049139504     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015300     Document Type: Article

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