Altruism as a courtship display: Some effects of third-party generosity on audience perceptions
Altruism as a courtship display: Some effects of third-party generosity on audience perceptions
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DOI：
10.1348/000712609x435733
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发表时间：
2010-02-10
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4
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Barclay, Pat
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作者：
Barclay, Pat
公开的慷慨可能是一种令人信服地宣传自己良好品格的手段。这一假设表明，利他主义的个人将是理想的浪漫伴侣。很少有研究对这一预测进行检验，结果好坏参半。一些研究发现，利他主义并不是特别有吸引力;另一些研究通过对比“好人”和“混蛋”的描述来表明利他主义是有吸引力的。本研究试图通过让参与者阅读一系列实验操作的人与相应的照片的小插曲，这样的利他主义的小插曲与控制描述，不同的只是在存在或不存在的利他主义倾向的小暗示进行比较，以解决这一争论。利他主义者比中立的人更适合长期的关系。女性也更喜欢利他主义者的单身约会，而男性则没有这种偏好。这些结果进行了讨论的想法，人们（特别是男性）通过慷慨的信号，他们的良好性格。
Public generosity may be a means to convincingly advertise one's good character. This hypothesis suggests that altruistic individuals will be desirable as romantic partners. Few studies have tested this prediction, and these showed mixed results. Some studies have found that altruism is not particularly attractive; other studies showed that altruism is attractive by contrasting descriptions of 'nice guys' with 'jerks'. The present study sought to resolve this debate by having participants read a series of experimentally manipulated vignettes of persons with corresponding photographs, such that altruistic vignettes were compared with control descriptions that differed only in the presence or absence of small hints of altruistic tendencies. Altruists were more desirable for long-term relationships than neutral individuals. Women also preferred altruists for single dates whereas men had no such preference. These results are discussed with regard to the idea that people ( males in particular) signal their good character via generosity.