Two studies tested the hypothesis that romantic partners function as hard-to-fake signals of status. In Study 1, participants rated the status of various professional men (CEO, professor, politician). The person was described as either having married an attractive woman (high quality signal) or an unattractive woman (low quality signal). Participants rated the high quality signaler as possessing more status in all three scenarios. In study 2, participants (all men) were told that they would interact with either a high status or a low status male professor. They were given a choice to partner with either a very attractive but unpleasant woman or a less attractive but pleasant woman. In the high status condition, participants chose the very attractive partner more often than in the low status condition. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Spring Semester, 2015. / March 24, 2015. / Mate Choice, Mate Flaunting, Mating, Signaling / Includes bibliographical references. / Roy F. Baumeister, Professor Directing Thesis; Jesse Cougle, Committee Member; James McNulty, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253065 |
| Contributors | Winegard, Bo M. (authoraut), Baumeister, Roy F. (professor directing thesis), Cougle, Jesse R. (Jesse Ray) (committee member), McNulty, James (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Arts and Sciences (degree granting college), Department of Psychology (degree granting department) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (41 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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