PSY 544 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gender Inequality Index, Online Dating Service, Pseudorandom Binary Sequence
Cross-cultural evidence for the preference
good financial prospect is still by no means the only thing women care about
Cross-cultural evidence for the preference
The alternative ranking scale that was used also showed a very similar sex difference.
They used different sets of characteristics (12) and then had to rate in order of importance
good financial prospect was 10th for men and 8th for women as the most imp thing
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Converging Evidence for the Preference
The effect replicates with other rating scales, and in samples with a greater age range. A
lot of studies done on young and old people
• Schwarz and Hasselbrauck (2012); 21,245 German participants, ranging in age from
18 to 65.
• The largest one in Germany is wealthy and generous
Converging Evidence for the Preference
Asendorpf et al. (2011)
Evidence doesn't always rely on asking the questions mentioned above, we do have other
tests and measures/methods to look at these preferences
Some people set up speed dating labs - they got data from what people do when looking
for a partner. The participants go on a speed date. If you look at the results
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• Heteroseual e’s, ut ot oe’s, hae of akig a ath durig speed-
dating was influenced by their level of income.
• But, again, for context, this was by no means the most important factor in men
making a match
• It was just that more income meant more chance of making a match
• The number one predictor was how facially attractive they were
• Sociosexuality: how willing a man is in to try casual dating (more likel to make a
match)
Converging Evidence for the Preference
Coats et al. (2012) asked men and women to think of their most recent former (i.e., not
current) romantic relationship (one they described as boy/girlfriend) OR to think of the
ost reet situatio i hih the eliee the ould’e etered ito suh
(boy/girlfriend) a relationship but did not.
how much do you regret on missing out the opportunity of entering into a relationship
with someone or how much do you regret being in a relationship that ended
Asked to rate their regret from 1 – 7.
Those who had been in one and ended it were asked
How much do you regret having been in this relationship?
Those who thought they could have been in a relationship but didn't enter into it
were asked
How much do you regret not pursuing this relationship?
They were then asked to rate the individual (the former partner or person they didn't
enter a relationship with) on a 1-7 scale for diff characteristic
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Document Summary
Cross-cultural evidence for the preference good financial prospect is still by no means the only thing women care about. The alternative ranking scale that was used also showed a very similar sex difference. They used different sets of characteristics (12) and then had to rate in order of importance good financial prospect was 10th for men and 8th for women as the most imp thing. The effect replicates with other rating scales, and in samples with a greater age range. A lot of studies done on young and old people: schwarz and hasselbrauck (2012); 21,245 german participants, ranging in age from. 18 to 65: the largest one in germany is wealthy and generous. Evidence doesn"t always rely on asking the questions mentioned above, we do have other tests and measures/methods to look at these preferences. Some people set up speed dating labs - they got data from what people do when looking for a partner.
