资源稀缺和病原体患病率对异性恋女性面部男性化偏好的差异性影响
S Adil Saribay1, Petr Tureček2,3, Rüzgar Paluch4
1Department of Psychology, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
环境的恶劣影响伴侣的偏好. 病原体患病率降低了对男性男性面孔的偏好,而资源稀缺程度略有增加了,这表明在流行病期间建立关系是不利的.
科学领域:
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
- 人类选择伴侣的选择.
- 环境对行为的影响.
背景情况:
- 关于环境恶劣影响伴侣偏好的证据是混合的,主要来自西方样本.
- 以前的研究缺乏关于特定环境因素和伴侣选择的因果关系证据.
- 了解这些偏好对于选择伴侣的进化理论至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查环境恶劣对异性恋女性对男性面部男子气概的偏好造成的因果关系.
- 检查对资源稀缺和病原体流行的看法如何影响伴侣偏好.
- 使用非西方样本 (土耳其妇女和面孔) 提供见解.
主要方法:
- 开发基于视频的操作来模拟环境的恶劣性 (资源稀缺,病原体流行).
- 涉及土耳其女性的实验设计,在不同的环境中对男性面孔进行了男性化与女性化的评分.
- 利用多层次贝叶斯模型分析长期关系和面部属性评级的偏好数据.
主要成果:
- 男式化的面孔通常被认为更有吸引力,更健康,更可怕.
- 感知病原体的患病率显著降低了对男性化面部的偏好.
- 资源稀缺对男性化面孔的偏好产生了微弱的积极影响.
结论:
- 病原体的流行,特别是在流行病期间,可能会抑制新关系的形成,因为男性面孔的吸引力评级下降.
- 环境因素,如病原体的流行和资源稀缺,在塑造伴侣偏好方面发挥着重要作用.
- 这些发现有助于进化心理学,提供了对人类伴侣选择环境影响的因果证据.
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