Giving guys get the guys: Men appear more desirable to the opposite sex when displaying costly donations to the homeless
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Iredale, W., Jenner, K., Van Vugt, M. and Dempster, T. 2020. Giving guys get the guys: Men appear more desirable to the opposite sex when displaying costly donations to the homeless . Social Sciences. 9 (8), p. 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9080141
Authors | Iredale, W., Jenner, K., Van Vugt, M. and Dempster, T. |
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Abstract | One of the evolutionary adaptive benefits of altruism may be that it acts as an honest (reliable) signal of men’s mate quality. In this study, 285 female participants were shown one of three video scenarios in which a male target took £30 out of a cash machine (ATM) and gave either a lot (£30), a little (£1), or nothing to a homeless man. The participants rated the male target on his attractiveness, their short- and long-term mate preferences towards him, and the degree to which |
Keywords | Altruism; Costly signalling; Attraction; Parenting qualities ; Mate choice |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Social Sciences |
Journal citation | 9 (8), p. 141 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 2076-0760 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9080141 |
Official URL | https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci9080141 |
Publication dates | |
11 Aug 2020 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 06 Aug 2020 |
Deposited | 12 Aug 2020 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/8w010/giving-guys-get-the-guys-men-appear-more-desirable-to-the-opposite-sex-when-displaying-costly-donations-to-the-homeless
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