Accuracy and Oversexualization in Cross-Sex Mind-Reading: An Adaptationist Approach

This research focuses on mating-relevant judgments within an evolutionary framework. Using a methodology that employs personal ads as stimuli, the current study tested predictions from Error Management Theory ( Haselton and Buss, 2000 ) suggesting that males will oversexualize females' desires,...

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Main Author: Glenn Geher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-04-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700214