Showing Off in Humans: Male Generosity as a Mating Signal

We examined people's charity contributions while in the presence of an observer of the same sex, opposite sex, or no observer. Inspired by costly signaling theory, we hypothesized that men would be more generous in the presence of a potential mate. Men and women played a number of experimental...

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Main Authors: Wendy Iredale, Mark Van Vugt, Robin Dunbar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-07-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490800600302