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Blatant Benevolence and Conspicuous Consumption: When Romantic Motives Elicit Strategic Costly Signals
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In this article, the authors examined the possibility that conspicuous displays of consumption and benevolence might serve as ''costly signals'' of desirable mate qualities, and found that romantic motives seem to produce highly strategic and sex-specific self-presentations best understood within a costly signaling framework.Abstract:
Conspicuous displays of consumption and benevolence might serve as \"costly signals\" of desirable mate qualities. If so, they should vary strategically with manipulations of mating-related motives. The authors examined this possibility in 4 experiments. Inducing mating goals in men increased their willingness to spend on conspicuous luxuries but not on basic necessities. In women, mating goals boosted public--but not private--helping. Although mating motivation did not generally inspire helping in men, it did induce more helpfulness in contexts in which they could display heroism or dominance. Conversely, although mating motivation did not lead women to conspicuously consume, it did lead women to spend more publicly on helpful causes. Overall, romantic motives seem to produce highly strategic and sex-specific self-presentations best understood within a costly signaling framework.read more
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To do, to have, or to share? Valuing experiences over material possessions depends on the involvement of others.
TL;DR: It is proposed and shown that experiences are more likely to be shared with others, whereas material possessions are more prone to solitary use and that this distinction may account for their differential effects on happiness.
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The Many Shades of Rose-Colored Glasses: An Evolutionary Approach to the Influence of Different Positive Emotions
TL;DR: In this article, an evolutionary framework for examining the influence of different positive emotions on cognition and behavior is presented, and three experiments are conducted to investigate how two positive emotions (pride and contentment) influence product desirability.
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The Behavioral Immune System: Implications for Social Cognition, Social Interaction, and Social Influence
Damian R. Murray,Mark Schaller +1 more
TL;DR: The behavioral immune system as discussed by the authors is a motivational system that evolved as a means of inhibiting contact with disease-causing parasites and that, in contemporary human societies, influences social cognition and social behavior.
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The financial consequences of too many men: sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending.
Vladas Griskevicius,Joshua M. Tybur,Joshua M. Ackerman,Andrew W. Delton,Theresa E. Robertson,Andrew Edward White +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how sex ratio influences saving, borrowing, and spending in the United States and found that male-biased sex ratios (an abundance of men) lead men to discount the future and desire immediate rewards.
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TL;DR: A genetical mathematical model is described which allows for interactions between relatives on one another's fitness and a quantity is found which incorporates the maximizing property of Darwinian fitness, named “inclusive fitness”.
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TL;DR: In this paper, Neuberg and Heine discuss the notion of belonging, acceptance, belonging, and belonging in the social world, and discuss the relationship between friendship, membership, status, power, and subordination.
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The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism
TL;DR: In this paper, a model is presented to account for the natural selection of what is termed reciprocally altruistic behavior, and the model shows how selection can operate against the cheater (non-reciprocator) in the system.