Quantity may determine quality when choosing romantic partners
Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:43
in Psychology & Sociology
The context in which humans meet potential mates has a hidden influence on who they decide to pursue. In particular, when people have a large number of potential dating partners to select among, they respond by paying attention to different types of characteristics - discarding attributes such as education, smoking status, and occupation in favor of physical characteristics such as height and weight.