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The out-of-my-league effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2017

Fabrice Le Lec ,
Theodore Alexopoulos ,
Béatrice Boulu-Reshef ,
Marie-Pierre Fayant ,
Franck Zenasni ,
Todd Lubart  and
Nicolas Jacquemet
Fabrice Le Lec
Affiliation:
Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 75013 Paris, France fabrice.le-lec@univ-paris1.fr beatrice.boulu-reshef@univ-paris1.fr nicolas.jacquemet@univ-paris1.fr https://www.univ-paris1.fr/recherche/page-perso/page/?tx_oxcspagepersonnel_pi1[uid]=flelec http://beatrice-boulu-reshef.info/ http://www.nicolasjacquemet.com/
Theodore Alexopoulos
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale: Menaces et Société (EA 4471), Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France theodore.alexopoulos@parisdescartes.fr marie-pierre.fayant@parisdescartes.fr http://www.alexopoulos.sitew.com/#Home.A http://www.mpfayant.sitew.com/#Home.A
Béatrice Boulu-Reshef
Affiliation:
Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 75013 Paris, France fabrice.le-lec@univ-paris1.fr beatrice.boulu-reshef@univ-paris1.fr nicolas.jacquemet@univ-paris1.fr https://www.univ-paris1.fr/recherche/page-perso/page/?tx_oxcspagepersonnel_pi1[uid]=flelec http://beatrice-boulu-reshef.info/ http://www.nicolasjacquemet.com/
Marie-Pierre Fayant
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychologie Sociale: Menaces et Société (EA 4471), Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France theodore.alexopoulos@parisdescartes.fr marie-pierre.fayant@parisdescartes.fr http://www.alexopoulos.sitew.com/#Home.A http://www.mpfayant.sitew.com/#Home.A
Franck Zenasni
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Adaptations Travail Individu (EA4469), Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. franck.zenasni@parisdescartes.fr todd.lubart@parisdescartes.fr http://recherche.parisdescartes.fr/LATI/Membres/Membres-statutaires/Franck-Zenasni-Pr http://ecolesdoctorales.parisdescartes.fr/ed261/Equipes-de-recherche/Composition-des-equipes/Laboratoire-Adaptations-Travail-Individu
Todd Lubart
Affiliation:
Laboratoire Adaptations Travail Individu (EA4469), Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Descartes, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. franck.zenasni@parisdescartes.fr todd.lubart@parisdescartes.fr http://recherche.parisdescartes.fr/LATI/Membres/Membres-statutaires/Franck-Zenasni-Pr http://ecolesdoctorales.parisdescartes.fr/ed261/Equipes-de-recherche/Composition-des-equipes/Laboratoire-Adaptations-Travail-Individu
Nicolas Jacquemet
Affiliation:
Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne, 75013 Paris, France fabrice.le-lec@univ-paris1.fr beatrice.boulu-reshef@univ-paris1.fr nicolas.jacquemet@univ-paris1.fr https://www.univ-paris1.fr/recherche/page-perso/page/?tx_oxcspagepersonnel_pi1[uid]=flelec http://beatrice-boulu-reshef.info/ http://www.nicolasjacquemet.com/
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Abstract

When taking into account the chances of success, strategic mating motivations do imply a bias not toward the most attractive individuals, but toward average or mildly attractive individuals, undermining the explanation of Maestripieri et al. at a fundamental level. This leaves open the possibility of alternative explanations and calls for a full-fledged explicit model of courtship behavior.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e32
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