Physically-attractive males increase men's financial risk-taking

Chan, EY

Physically-attractive males increase men's financial risk-taking

Chan, EY

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Publisher:: Elsevier Inc.
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Evolution and Human Behavior, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-08-26

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Chan, EY https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-6545	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:13:02Z
dc.date.issued	2014-08-26	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Evolution and Human Behavior, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1090-5138	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35385
dc.description.abstract	Prior research has examined how sexual opposite-sex stimuli impact people's choices and behaviors. However, it is largely unknown whether sexual same-sex stimuli also do so. This research reports an intriguing phenomenon: men who see attractive males take greater financial risks than those who do not. An evolution-based account is proffered and tested across four experiments. In evolutionary history, men have faced greater intrasexual competition in attracting women as a mating partner. Thus, when the average heterosexual man sees males who are more physically-attractive than he is, he is motivated to increase his desirability as a mating partner to women, prompting him to accrue money, and taking financial risks helps him to do so. This research concludes by discussing the implications of the present findings for men today who are constantly bombarded by not only sexual opposite but also same-sex others, such as images that are commonly used in advertising.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier Inc.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Evolution and Human Behavior	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.03.005	en_US
dc.rights	Elsevier required licence: © 2014 . This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. The definitive publisher version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2015.03.005	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Social Psychology	en_US
dc.title	Physically-attractive males increase men's financial risk-taking	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	1601 Anthropology	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
utslib.for	1702 Cognitive Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Accepted	en_US

Abstract:

Prior research has examined how sexual opposite-sex stimuli impact people's choices and behaviors. However, it is largely unknown whether sexual same-sex stimuli also do so. This research reports an intriguing phenomenon: men who see attractive males take greater financial risks than those who do not. An evolution-based account is proffered and tested across four experiments. In evolutionary history, men have faced greater intrasexual competition in attracting women as a mating partner. Thus, when the average heterosexual man sees males who are more physically-attractive than he is, he is motivated to increase his desirability as a mating partner to women, prompting him to accrue money, and taking financial risks helps him to do so. This research concludes by discussing the implications of the present findings for men today who are constantly bombarded by not only sexual opposite but also same-sex others, such as images that are commonly used in advertising.

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