2000/01/01 by Felicia Pratto, Peter Hegarty · 43 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · Medicine · #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Psychology #Dominance (genetics) #Jealousy #Appeal #Social psychology #Politics #Evolutionary psychology #Developmental psychology
paper · doi:10.1111/1467-9280.00215
published in Psychological Science 11(1), 57-62 (SAGE Publishing)
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We argue that several reproductive strategies that parental investment theory suggests are adaptive for men and for women are in fact most adaptive for individuals able and willing to use power in dominance relationships. We tested whether people's support for social dominance mediates their willingness to use these reproductive strategies. We hypothesized that the strategies of multiple simultaneous mating, resistance to caring for children as one's own, and sexual jealousy will be appealing especially to men who approve of social dominance, and that finding a high-status, high-earning mate will appeal especially to women who approve of social dominance. Support for the hypotheses using multiple samples and multiple measures was found, and theoretical issues are discussed.