Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women

Jordan Sculley; Christopher D. Watkins; Kay L. Ritchie

Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women

Jordan Sculley, Christopher D. Watkins, Kay L. Ritchie

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

91 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Nonhuman species may respond to novel mates with increased sexual motivation (‘The Coolidge Effect1). In humans, novel technological advances, such as online dating platforms, are thought to result in ‘Choice Overload’2. This may undermine the goal of finding a meaningful relationship3, orienting the user toward novel possible partners versus committing to a partner. Here, we used a paradigm measuring change in attraction to familiar faces (i.e. rated on second viewing4) to investigate Coolidge-like phenomena in humans primed with choice of potential online dating partners. We examined two pre-registered hypotheses (https://osf.io/xs74r/files/). First, whether experimentally priming choice (viewing a slideshow of online dating images) directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar preferred sex faces compared to our control condition. Second, whether the predicted effect is stronger for men than women given the role of the Coolidge effect in male sexual motivation5.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 9 Feb 2019
Event	Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference - Oregon Convention Center, Portland, United States Duration: 7 Feb 2019 → 9 Feb 2019 http://meeting.spsp.org/

Conference

Conference	Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference
Abbreviated title	SPSP Convention
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	7/02/19 → 9/02/19
Internet address	http://meeting.spsp.org/

Keywords

Close relationships
Evolution

Access to Document

Sculley_InitialExperimental_Poster_2019Final published version, 550 KB

Cite this

@conference{691ba44fd01c400fad659121a7859a94,

title = "Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women",

abstract = "Nonhuman species may respond to novel mates with increased sexual motivation ({\textquoteleft}The Coolidge Effect1). In humans, novel technological advances, such as online dating platforms, are thought to result in {\textquoteleft}Choice Overload{\textquoteright}2. This may undermine the goal of finding a meaningful relationship3, orienting the user toward novel possible partners versus committing to a partner. Here, we used a paradigm measuring change in attraction to familiar faces (i.e. rated on second viewing4) to investigate Coolidge-like phenomena in humans primed with choice of potential online dating partners. We examined two pre-registered hypotheses (https://osf.io/xs74r/files/). First, whether experimentally priming choice (viewing a slideshow of online dating images) directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar preferred sex faces compared to our control condition. Second, whether the predicted effect is stronger for men than women given the role of the Coolidge effect in male sexual motivation5.",

author = "Jordan Sculley and Watkins, {Christopher D.} and Ritchie, {Kay L.}",

year = "2019",

month = feb,

day = "9",

language = "English",

note = "Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference , SPSP Convention ; Conference date: 07-02-2019 Through 09-02-2019",

url = "http://meeting.spsp.org/",

}

Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women. / Sculley, Jordan ; Watkins, Christopher D.; Ritchie, Kay L.

2019. Poster session presented at Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference , Portland, Oregon, United States.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

TY - CONF

T1 - Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women

AU - Sculley, Jordan

AU - Watkins, Christopher D.

AU - Ritchie, Kay L.

PY - 2019/2/9

Y1 - 2019/2/9

N2 - Nonhuman species may respond to novel mates with increased sexual motivation (‘The Coolidge Effect1). In humans, novel technological advances, such as online dating platforms, are thought to result in ‘Choice Overload’2. This may undermine the goal of finding a meaningful relationship3, orienting the user toward novel possible partners versus committing to a partner. Here, we used a paradigm measuring change in attraction to familiar faces (i.e. rated on second viewing4) to investigate Coolidge-like phenomena in humans primed with choice of potential online dating partners. We examined two pre-registered hypotheses (https://osf.io/xs74r/files/). First, whether experimentally priming choice (viewing a slideshow of online dating images) directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar preferred sex faces compared to our control condition. Second, whether the predicted effect is stronger for men than women given the role of the Coolidge effect in male sexual motivation5.

AB - Nonhuman species may respond to novel mates with increased sexual motivation (‘The Coolidge Effect1). In humans, novel technological advances, such as online dating platforms, are thought to result in ‘Choice Overload’2. This may undermine the goal of finding a meaningful relationship3, orienting the user toward novel possible partners versus committing to a partner. Here, we used a paradigm measuring change in attraction to familiar faces (i.e. rated on second viewing4) to investigate Coolidge-like phenomena in humans primed with choice of potential online dating partners. We examined two pre-registered hypotheses (https://osf.io/xs74r/files/). First, whether experimentally priming choice (viewing a slideshow of online dating images) directly reduces the attractiveness of familiar preferred sex faces compared to our control condition. Second, whether the predicted effect is stronger for men than women given the role of the Coolidge effect in male sexual motivation5.

M3 - Poster

T2 - Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference

Y2 - 7 February 2019 through 9 February 2019

ER -

Initial experimental evidence that the ability to choose between items alters attraction to familiar versus novel persons in different ways for men and women

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this