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A worldwide test of the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching
Eastwick, P. W.; Sparks, J.; Finkel, E. J.; Meza, E. M.; Adamkovič, M.; Adu, P.; Ai, T.; Akintola, A. A.; Al-Shawaf, L.; Apriliawati, D.; Arriaga, P.Ideal partner preferences (i.e., ratings of the desirability of attributes like attractiveness or intelligence) are the source of numerous foundational findings in the interdisciplinary literature on human mating. Recently, research on the predictive validity of ideal partner preference matching (i.e., Do people positively evaluate partners who match vs. mismatch their ideals?) has become mired in several probl...
Multi-region investigation of ‘man’ as default in attitudes
Phills, C. E.; Miller, J. K.; Buchanan, E. M.; Williams, A.; Meyers, C.; Brown, E. R.; Zickfeld, J.; Volsa, S.; Stieger, S.; Oberzaucher, E.; Mlakic, V.Previous research has studied the extent to which men are the default members of social groups in terms of memory, categorization, and stereotyping, but not attitudes which is critical because of attitudes’ relationship to behavior. Results from our survey (N > 5000) collected via a globally distributed laboratory network in over 40 regions demonstrated that attitudes toward Black people and politicians had a s...
Conservatism negatively predicts creativity: A study across 28 countries
Groyecka-Bernard, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Karwowski, M.; Roberts, S. C.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Asao, K.; Atama, C. S.; Duyar, D. A.Previous studies have found a negative relationship between creativity and conservatism. However, as these studies were mostly conducted on samples of homogeneous nationality, the generalizability of the effect across different cultures is unknown. We addressed this gap by conducting a study in 28 countries. Based on the notion that attitudes can be shaped by both environmental and ecological factors, we hypoth...
Registered replication report: A large multilab cross-cultural conceptual repli...
Hall, B.; Schmidt, K.; Wagge, J.; Lewis, S. C.; Weissgerber, S. C.; Kiunke, F.; Pfuhl, G.; Stieger, S.; Tran, U. S.; Barzykowski, K.; Bogatyreva, N.According to the justified true belief (JTB) account of knowledge, people can truly know something only if they have a belief that is both justified and true (i.e., knowledge is JTB). This account was challenged by Gettier, who argued that JTB does not explain knowledge attributions in certain situations, later called “Gettier-type cases,” wherein protagonists are justified in believing something to be true, bu...
Love and affectionate touch toward romantic partners all over the world
Sorokowska, A.; Kowal, M.; Saluja, S.; Aavik, T.; Alm, C.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Batres, C.; Bensafia, A.; Bizumic, B.; Boussena, M.; Buss, D. M.Touch is the primary way people communicate intimacy in romantic relationships, and affectionate touch behaviors such as stroking, hugging and kissing are universally observed in partnerships all over the world. Here, we explored the association of love and affectionate touch behaviors in romantic partnerships in two studies comprising 7880 participants. In the first study, we used a cross-cultural survey condu...
Affective interpersonal touch in close relationships: A cross-cultural perspective
Sorokowska, A.; Saluja, S.; Sorokowski, P.; Frąckowiak,T.; Karwowski, M.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Anjum, A.; Asao, K.; Shaikh, R.Interpersonal touch behavior differs across cultures, yet no study to date has systematically tested for cultural variation in affective touch, nor examined the factors that might account for this variability. Here, over 14,000 individuals from 45 countries were asked whether they embraced, stroked, kissed, or hugged their partner, friends, and youngest child during the week preceding the study. We then examine...
Sex differences in human mate preferences vary across sex ratios
Walter, K. V.; Conroy-Beam, D.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K.; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.A wide range of literature connects sex ratio and mating behaviours in non-human animals. However, research examining sex ratio and human mating is limited in scope. Prior work has examined the relationship between sex ratio and desire for short-term, uncommitted mating as well as outcomes such as marriage and divorce rates. Less empirical attention has been directed towards the relationship between sex ratio a...
Sex differences in mate preferences across 45 countries: A large-scale replication
Walter, K. V.; Conroy-Beam, D.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K.; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.Considerable research has examined human mate preferences across cultures, finding universal sex differences in preferences for attractiveness and resources as well as sources of systematic cultural variation. Two competing perspectives-an evolutionary psychological perspective and a biosocial role perspective-offer alternative explanations for these findings. However, the original data on which each perspectiv...
Assortative mating and the evolution of desirability covariation
Conroy-Beam, D.; Roney, J. R.; Lukaszewski, A. W.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K.; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.Mate choice lies close to differential reproduction, the engine of evolution. Patterns of mate choice consequently have power to direct the course of evolution. Here we provide evidence suggesting one pattern of human mate choice—the tendency for mates to be similar in overall desirability—caused the evolution of a structure of correlations that we call the d factor. We use agent-based models to demonstrate tha...
Contrasting computational models of mate preference integration across 45 count...
Conroy-Beam, D.; Buss, D. M.; Asao, K; Sorokowska, A.; Sorokowski, P.; Aavik, T.; Akello, G.; Alhabahba, M. M.; Alm, C.; Amjad, N.; Anjum, A.Humans express a wide array of ideal mate preferences. Around the world, people desire romantic partners who are intelligent, healthy, kind, physically attractive, wealthy, and more. In order for these ideal preferences to guide the choice of actual romantic partners, human mating psychology must possess a means to integrate information across these many preference dimensions into summaries of the overall mate ...