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
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.
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
Language
Creativity
Intelligence
Collections
- Psychology [78]
- Psychology Dissertations [38]
