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Are Women's Mate Preferences For Altruism

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The article that I selected was “Are Women’s Mate Preferences for Altruism Also Influenced by Physical Attractiveness?” This article explains the importance of Altruism in mate choices, specifically in women’s preferences and in long-term relationships. During a study, women were shown photographs for several men, all with different levels of physical attractiveness and with a description of their behavior in altruistically scenarios. The results of the study show that women prefer altruistic men for long-term relationships and that men who are both altruistic and attractive appear more desirable to women. This article includes one experiment, so I will be analyzing how Altruism affects women’s mate choices disregarding their physical attractiveness …show more content…

I selected the article “Are Women’s Mate Preferences for Altruism Also Influenced by Physical Attractiveness?” I chose this article because I found it interesting that, when women are looking for a mate they not only look at their attractiveness but more at their Altruism. Out of all the seven modern perspectives I think this research falls under Psychodynamic because multiple number of studies show that individuals unconsciously behave more altruistically when they are in the presence of a potential mate. The research question of this experiment is, whether or not sexual selection can play a role in fixing the “puzzle” of altruism (Darwin, …show more content…

Throughout this study the participates were required to rate how attractive they found different individuals for short-term and long-term relationships. Later the participants viewed the men’s behavior in different scenarios. There was a total of 12 scenarios, 8 with altruism conditions and 4 that were neutral. Participants were demonstrated the high attractive and low attractive individuals paired together. The results across all eight pairings showed that high attractive individuals were presented as being four times low of altruism and also four times in altruism. However, after viewing the 12 scenarios and rating each individual by their attractiveness, the true aims of the study completely disbelieved the

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