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It is not all about mating: Attractiveness predicts partner value across multiple relationship domains

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2017

Adar B. Eisenbruch ,
Aaron W. Lukaszewski  and
James R. Roney
Adar B. Eisenbruch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660 Eisenbruch@psych.ucsb.edu james.roney@psych.ucsb.edu http://www.adareisenbruch.com https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/roney
Aaron W. Lukaszewski
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92834. alukaszewski@fullerton.edu http://www.aaronlukaszewski.com
James R. Roney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660 Eisenbruch@psych.ucsb.edu james.roney@psych.ucsb.edu http://www.adareisenbruch.com https://www.psych.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/roney
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Abstract

An account of the “beauty premium” based only on mating motivations overlooks adaptationist models of social valuation that have broader explanatory power. We suggest a broader approach based on evolved preferences for attractive partners in multiple cooperative domains (not just mating), which accounts for many observations of attractiveness-based preferential treatment more comfortably than does the target article's mating-specific account.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e26
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