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    Verbal creativity, mate value, and sexual selection

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    Title
    Verbal creativity, mate value, and sexual selection
    Author(s)
    White, Ethan
    Advisor(s)
    Dougher, Michael
    Committee Member(s)
    Gangestad, Steven
    Miller, Geoffrey
    Watson, Paul
    Department
    University of New Mexico. Dept. of Psychology
    LC Subject(s)
    Creative ability--Social aspects.
    Verbal ability--Social aspects.
    Mate selection.
    Social evolution.
    Degree Level
    Doctoral
    Abstract
    The present series of studies examine links between creativity and intelligence with dating and sexual behavior from an evolutionary perspective to better understand the function of human creativity. In three studies, participants (N = 65, 225, 142) completed intelligence tests, male and female mate value surveys, and written creativity tasks. Analysis of the data suggests that creativity does not correlate with sexual partner number but it does correlate with self-assessed dating success and high partner quality, particularly in an older sample.
    Date
    December 2009
    Subject(s)
    Evolution
    Language
    Creativity
    Intelligence
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1928/10410
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    • Psychology [78]
    • Psychology Dissertations [38]
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    1 University of New Mexico
    Albuquerque NM 87131
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