PSY 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Smoke Detector, Men..., Indirect Utility Function
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We have a an adaptive bias toward over-perceiving danger. Under-perception bias = false negative (most costly!) Men have an sexual-overperception bias to more likely have false positive belief about sexual interest of women (false positive) Women have a commitment under-perception bias because of risk of committing to uncommitted investor (false negative) Men are more likely to have a high regret of missed opportunity and low regret of poor choice. Women are more likely to have a low regret of missed opportunity and high regret of poor choice. For womenmen are not a limited resource. Since women need investment from mates, they should be less gullible about men"s stated interest/commitment. Research shows: womens rely more on honest signals, less likely to believe i love you from men, and more likely to fear abandonment. Two factor theory of emotion: emotion is based on two factors:
