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Some Evidence About Character and Mate Selection

Karlene Hanko

University of Pennsylvania

Sarah Master

University of Pennsylvania

John Sabini

University of Pennsylvania, sabini{at}psych.upenn.edu

The authors conducted four studies (total N = 292) about character and mate desirability. In Study 1, undergraduates judged stimuli for attractiveness—physically and as a casual or longterm date. The target was described as faithful, having cheated but stayed with mates, or having cheated and left. Contrary to the hypothesis, men and women were equally affected by both kinds of cheaters. Study 2 replicated Study 1 with nonstudent adults. In Study 3, undergraduates rated a stimulus on the same attractiveness variables. This target had $14 million from winning a lottery or selling a dot-com company. Women, but not men, found the dot-com creator to be more physically attractive than the lottery winner. In Study 4, undergraduates rated someone who sold a cookie-making company or profited from a lucky real estate transaction. Both men and women preferred the cookie-company seller on all three measures of attractiveness.

Key Words: mate selection • character • evolution • gender differences

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 6, 732-742 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167204263967
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