“Weighting” to find the right person: compensatory trait integrating versus alternative models to assess mate value
“Weighting” to find the right person: compensatory trait integrating versus alternative models to assess mate value
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DOI：
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.05.001
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发表时间：
2020-07
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Jordann L Brandner;Gary L. Brase;Sydni A. J. Huxman
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作者：
Jordann L Brandner;Gary L. Brase;Sydni A. J. Huxman
对潜在关系伴侣（配偶价值）的总体评估是许多关键的终身决策的基础，但人们如何整合配偶价值的不同组成部分的特征仍然知之甚少。三个主题内的研究（N= 190）对比多种模式的配偶价值特质整合，包括补偿和非补偿决策策略。加权加法模型优于等权重和最佳策略（研究1），以及愿望模型，阈值模型，理想/现实理想模型的欧几里得距离，以及与理想/现实理想模型的相关性（研究2和3）。这些结果与配偶价值决定应该是非补偿性的或遵循欧几里得距离模型的建议形成对比。相关模型特别不适合人们如何做出配偶选择决定。这里开发的方法允许更敏感的评估，以更精细的细节揭示指导这一过程的心理算法。进一步的扩展可以包含真实世界评估和交配决策的其他方面。
An overall evaluation of potential relationship partners (mate value) is fundamental to numerous key lifetime decisions, but how people integrate the diverse component traits of mate value remains poorly understood. Three within-subjects studies (N= 190) contrast multiple models of mate value trait integration, including both compensatory and non-compensatory decision-making strategies. A weighted additive model outperformed equal weight and take-the-best strategies (Study 1), as well as an aspiration model, threshold model, Euclidean distance from ideal / realistic ideal models, and correlation to ideal / realistic ideal models (Studies 2 and 3). These results contrast with suggestions that mate value decisions should be non-compensatory or follow a Euclidean distance model. Correlational models are particularly poor fits to how people make mate choice decisions. The methodology developed here allows more sensitive assessments to reveal in finer detail the mental algorithms that guide this process. Further extensions can incorporate additional aspects of real-world assessments and mating decisions.